Posts Tagged ‘relaxation’

Gimme a break!

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I’ve been a bit under the weather for the last week, recovering from an unpleasant bout of stomach flu.  Now that I’m back up to 98% again, I was thinking about the value of taking a break from the intensity and stress.

One of the nice things about getting sick – if you permit me to say something might be “nice” here – is that it gave me a great excuse to let things slide a little bit.  I had a great reason to blow off some the less important meetings and to reset expectations.  After all, everyone has first-hand experience with being ill.

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You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Something light and interesting today!  My wife and I went to the Phoenix Art Museum this afternoon, and there were some fascinating pieces.

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Create some space

Friday, April 10th, 2009

I’m extremely gratified by the response to last week’s post, but this time I have something a little tougher to talk about. Which is this:

If you life is absolutely filled up, you don’t have room to jump on the opportunities when they pop up.

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Take 2 minutes from the pressure to read this

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

This is the most pressure-filled, stressful environment that I’ve ever seen.  And I’ve been around a few years.  Clearly, we’re not going to be able to sustain this intensity for too long, or we’ll melt down as individuals and as groups.

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