Episode 64: How Taking Breaks Can Transform Your Life and Business

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Episode Transcript

You are now listening to Leverage for Growth. Hey everybody this is Jesse P. Gilmore founder of Niche in Control and creator of the Leverage for Growth, welcome to the daily leverage edition. 

Today’s topic is this “How Taking Breaks Can Transform Your Life and Business”. Sit back, relax and welcome to today’s daily leverage.

So this morning, I was doing my morning routine of stacking and reflecting on this last week of the quarter and my conscious decision to have a break.

There is a natural cycle that we must embrace each quarter  

People and teams can go on sprints for a total of 90 days  

Then they need a rest 

I am no different

I am working towards what is called a 12 week year

Where you work hard for 12 weeks and take the 13th week off to reset and recenter before another 12 weeks

I had planned that this year 

However, we had moved our family vacation to May and one of our weeks off will be with the birth of our third child at the end of June

So I did not get the 13th week off this quarter

Instead of having it off, I started to do less

Spend more time with myself

Without as many expectations of my output

Being okay with not getting everything done for the week

Having grace with myself and paving the way for next quarter

This means getting more sleep

Taking afternoon naps with the kids

Watching family movies

Planning for the next quarter in all areas

Reassessing where I am today and where I am committed to being tomorrow

Allowing myself to simply be

To accept where I am today 

To love the journey that I am on

Even to take a break from this daily habit of daily leverage episodes

So that I can come back and appreciate the processes and habits that allow me to be in power each day

To come back with a new outlook

A new perspective

A new sense of excitement for the things to come

There is a sense of self-love that is needed and comes from allowing yourself to reset and recenter

Whether that is at the end of a quarter, the end of the month, week or day

It doesn’t matter how

It just matters that it happens

We live in a world that is constantly focused on doing more

We must make a conscious choice to take a break

To reset

To recenter ourselves

So that we can consciously choose the direction of our life and business

Now that I have reset and recentered

I have more excitement for the things to come

And I can’t wait to continue to share the excitement with you

Why is this important?

Many times as entrepreneurs, we get caught up in doing more

Doing more things, tasks, and trying to complete a never ending to do list

When the true value in what we are doing is based on how we show up

We have to remind ourselves that we are human

We have needs 

We not a robot

We aren’t meant to be

We have feelings

We have emotions

We have desires

We are human

This requires us to take time to be human

We are human beings 

Not human doings

That means that our best life is lived by being who we are in this moment

No narrative

No story line

Not being between where we are and where we want to be

But simply being ourselves in this moment

Sharing ourselves with others

Connecting with others on a human level

That is what you need

That is what others need

To simply be the best human being that you can be

That means that you must take time for yourself to reset and recenter

Now it is time for daily leverage.

Where in your world whether in your life or business, have you been focusing on continuously doing more without a break?

Is it in your life with your health or body? 

Is it in your life with your spirituality or self-direction? 

Is it in your relationships with your spouse, partner or kids?

Is it in your business or finances or team?

Once you have located where you have been focusing on doing more and have not given yourself a break and you know what you need to change. 

My question to you is this…

What are you willing and able to do about it today?

That is the end of our daily leverage. This is Jesse P. Gilmore and you have been listening to the Leverage for Growth podcast. 

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