THE GRIP
One principle, once a week, to help you take hold of The Plenteous Life.
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More Than Enough-Nothing Missing-Never Too Much
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THE SPEED OF LESS
Many of us have a habit of saying yes to new commitments without first making room for them in our lives. At a certain point, Bob decided he would remedy this for himself by proactively quitting something every week.
And the result? A life with less stress and more clarity, energy and impact. In today’s issue of The Grip, we’re illuminating this paradox of slowing down to speed up; how pruning back produces more.
CREATING AGREEMENTS THAT WORK
At both work and home, it is very common to have complaints and frustrations in relationships. What’s not so common, however, is understanding that the reason most complaints and frustrations exist in relationships is because effective agreements don’t.
When effective agreements are missing, complaints and frustrations flourish.
Leading By Agreement
How would you like to increase the productivity of your business AND workability of your team while simultaneously minimizing frustration and friction in the process? The most powerful thing you can do to get this result is to stop leading by expectation and start leading by agreement instead.
Living FROM Rest
Rest is not a place to get to; it’s a place to come from. Regardless of which day of the week you designate as your rest day, I’d like you to start seeing it as Day One from which the following six days will be fueled.
Seeing your rest day as the start rather than the end of your week fundamentally shifts it from being a day to crash in exhaustion to a day intentionally designed to support your wellbeing.
Doing Weekly Rest
For much of my adult life I thought a three-hour Sunday afternoon nap was getting the job done; nice try, but no.
What does it look like to “do” Weekly Rest? Today I’m giving you a snapshot of how I intentionally rest each week.
It’s not a standard of “perfect” or the “right way” to do Weekly Rest. It’s an example of what is working really well for me right now.
When Was Your Last Day Off…Really?
There was a time I viewed weekly rest as optional.
Like many leaders, I prioritized getting quality sleep every night, but I was “too busy” to carve out a day for nothing but rest each week—who’s got time for that??
Then a mentor challenged me to experiment with it for a couple of months to see if it made a difference.