Fall is here! Are you feeling the anticipation of more than you imagined happening at once? School is starting, schedules are changing, opportunities are part of the overwhelm. What to say “yes” to, what to say “no” to… Leaders can easily become disenchanted with the life they’ve built if a seasonal change doesn’t include a systems checkup before the season. Already in overwhelm? Stop right where you are and b.r.e.a.t.h.e. Go on, do it again. b.r.e.a.t.h.e. You know why I look or type at the letters with periods? Leaders know that our breathing is a fuel for stopping overwhelm. So often we hold our breathe and breathe faster when we’re stressed. Our faster breathing is our bodies trying to do a more efficient job when our body is stressed. THAT is the clue. Why not help your body out by taking 5 to 7 seconds to take in more oxygen and exhale just as long. Do it three times and your body and brain is in a much more fueled situation to receive the information you are feeding it.
What are you feeding your mind? What is your vision? What are your words? What are you doing to make sure that the vision you are doing this work for stays foremost in your mind?
Leaders work daily to keep their vision of the life they are choosing to create in the forefront of their mind. Guess who is in the picture? YOU! The more
you can define what your best life looks like, the more you can visualize your success the way you see it, the more ability you have to enact the education, experience and outcome of that vision. Did you hear me? Our success is determined by what WE can see before you know how to do anything! Look around you. It’s AUGUST but you’ve been seeing AUTUMN scenes, even Christmas trees coming into the advertising and stores. Is it adding to your desire to “get to that”? Why not surround yourself with messages and pictures that affirm what YOU want in your leadership? A simple pin or reminder visually can help you touch it during the day if you’re tactile, see it during the day if you’re visual and all of us benefit from hearing, seeing, telling, and touching the visions we are working towards.
Overwhelmedness in your life simply means you are focusing on too many places at once. Leaders can handle one thing at a time and we’re limited as to what we can handle. So the task is first and foremost to identify what the vision is, break it down into smaller benchmarks and goals, then delegate what you can to those who have a stake in the vision. Your future leaders need experience, your employees need their income opportunity, your family needs your presence.
What about Fall? Oh yes! It’s the season you’re going to enact the joy of learning how to lead! For those of you joining me in the Poconos, PA at #BeautifullyBold you’re going to have a two day experience of enouragement and instruction. For those who cannot join us, stay tuned here, we’ll begin to journey the road to success in leadership here each week on Thursdays! Leaders take the Lead of their own lives!
For those of you who missed the deadline for Registration we have contacted Skytop Lodge and have a work around for a few more of you. We have a limited number of individual spaces that can be engaged before Monday close of day. If you have a team or cohort group of 10 or more, please contact Brenda directly at brenda@ barbara sunden.com (nospaces) We have something special for teams of 15 or more that may allow you to be with us! This opportunity closes shortly. We are planning something very special for teams of 15 or more in late Fall of 2015 and 2016. Your presence at #BeautifullyBold will ensure your invitation to be a part of our process.
