Discover how female business leaders can break the Busyness Cycle, focus on what matters most, and create clarity, calm and momentum in business and beyond
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Ever feel like your head’s so full you don’t know which way to turn?
You're not alone. Especially during the summer, when work and school holidays collide and the juggle can get real.
So what’s the answer?
Strangely, it’s to think less AND think more.
Think Less:
Quieten the constant chatter.
Find your thing. Go for a run. Sit in the garden. Breathe deeply for a minute with your eyes shut (my personal go-to).
No phone. No rush. Just pause
Imagine your mind like a snowglobe — if you stop swirling it, the flakes settle and you can see much clearer again.
Think More :
Not more worrying or more overthinking. More intentional thinking.
What actually matters right now? What can wait? What would make today feel good?
What is most important to do next???? (My favourite question to myself).
Don't confuse busy with productive. Busy-ness can be addictive - ticking off your to-do list, without ever really getting to the needle-moving stuff. Sound familiar?
When you’re calm, you think clearly. And when you think clearly, you can make better, bolder decisions.
How often are you giving yourself thinking and planning time?
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Do you believe that you have to work hard to earn money?
That you have to work hard to succeed?
Many of us do.
It’s a deep cultural belief that’s often passed down through the generations. The idea that you will be rewarded for being a ‘good worker’. That your job will be safe, and you will progress up the ranks.
In many, many cases, it’s no longer true.
❌ How many people do you know who have worked hard all their lives for very little reward or pleasure?
❌People who’ve been laid off despite their efforts?
❌People who have been overlooked for a promotion, even though they are diligent at their job?
❌ Business owners who work endless hours but still struggle to make headway, or pay the bills
I know plenty, including me in the past.
The work paradigm has shifted - Could it be that the HARDER you work, the LESS you earn?
Many of us do.
It’s a deep cultural belief that’s often passed down through the generations. The idea that you will be rewarded for being a ‘good worker’. That your job will be safe, and you will progress up the ranks.
In many, many cases, it’s no longer true.
❌ How many people do you know who have worked hard all their lives for very little reward or pleasure?
❌People who’ve been laid off despite their efforts?
❌People who have been overlooked for a promotion, even though they are diligent at their job?
❌ Business owners who work endless hours but still struggle to make headway, or pay the bills
I know plenty, including me in the past.
The work paradigm has shifted - Could it be that the HARDER you work, the LESS you earn?
As Daniel Priestley says:
💭“Hard work is not a competitive advantage any more. If anything, it’s the opposite.
Competitive advantage is thinking expansively, connecting with the right people and resources, and spotting fresh opportunities.”💭
💭“Hard work is not a competitive advantage any more. If anything, it’s the opposite.
Competitive advantage is thinking expansively, connecting with the right people and resources, and spotting fresh opportunities.”💭
It’s about making time to THINK, RECHARGE and CONNECT with your vision, resources, and people:
✅ Prioritising time to pause and think strategically. To climb the tree in the jungle and look ahead.
✅ Embracing and harnessing emerging tech, AI, new ways of working, simplified, integrated systems.
✅ Seeking new connections, synergies and leverage in people, ideas, finance, tech and resources.
✅ It’s exploring and experimenting.
✅ It’s you and your team continually seeking incremental improvements (marginal gains) AND radical shifts, as a core and integral part of your ‘doing’ .
When you believe work should be ‘hard’, you are at risk of wanting/making it hard so you feel ‘successful’.
How often do you say “yes, I’m really busy” as a measure and validation of perceived success?
It’s a trap
Instead, seek for work to be EASY
To be flowing smoothly. Enabled by great systems, tech, people, and ways of both working and being.
When you are in a flow state, it’s amazing how much gets done, and how energised you can feel.
❓What can you do today to start to make work easy?
❓How much time is in your diary, and your team’s, for non-busy work?
❓Is it time for a rethink about that outdated, unhelpful belief?
✅ Prioritising time to pause and think strategically. To climb the tree in the jungle and look ahead.
✅ Embracing and harnessing emerging tech, AI, new ways of working, simplified, integrated systems.
✅ Seeking new connections, synergies and leverage in people, ideas, finance, tech and resources.
✅ It’s exploring and experimenting.
✅ It’s you and your team continually seeking incremental improvements (marginal gains) AND radical shifts, as a core and integral part of your ‘doing’ .
When you believe work should be ‘hard’, you are at risk of wanting/making it hard so you feel ‘successful’.
How often do you say “yes, I’m really busy” as a measure and validation of perceived success?
It’s a trap
Instead, seek for work to be EASY
To be flowing smoothly. Enabled by great systems, tech, people, and ways of both working and being.
When you are in a flow state, it’s amazing how much gets done, and how energised you can feel.
❓What can you do today to start to make work easy?
❓How much time is in your diary, and your team’s, for non-busy work?
❓Is it time for a rethink about that outdated, unhelpful belief?
START EVERY DAY PURPOSEFULLY
Do you consciously set yourself up to succeed each day?
Start every day well, by 'warming up', exactly like high-performance athletes do.
Purposely set yourself up for success first thing in the morning, and even throughout the day when you find yourself waning.
Focus on five:
G – GRATITUDE- Start the day with gratitude, for all you already have and are
R - REFLECT on your goals & life vision – reset your aim
E - ENERGISE your mind, body & spirit - breathe, fuel, move, connect
A - ATTITUDE – consciously choose your approach to the day
T – TAKE TIME to plan your day, set your intentions & where you want to invest your attention
It's easy to just jump into the day. To plough into emails and check your socials. Instead, first INVEST 15 mins to prime yourself, to be at your peak.
High performance starts with mindful planning and preparation, especially focusing on yourself.
In the words of Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy. 🌟 "Don't have a good day, have a GREAT day!" 🌟
Start every day well, by 'warming up', exactly like high-performance athletes do.
Purposely set yourself up for success first thing in the morning, and even throughout the day when you find yourself waning.
Focus on five:
G – GRATITUDE- Start the day with gratitude, for all you already have and are
R - REFLECT on your goals & life vision – reset your aim
E - ENERGISE your mind, body & spirit - breathe, fuel, move, connect
A - ATTITUDE – consciously choose your approach to the day
T – TAKE TIME to plan your day, set your intentions & where you want to invest your attention
It's easy to just jump into the day. To plough into emails and check your socials. Instead, first INVEST 15 mins to prime yourself, to be at your peak.
High performance starts with mindful planning and preparation, especially focusing on yourself.
In the words of Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy. 🌟 "Don't have a good day, have a GREAT day!" 🌟
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