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Resource Roundup for May
It has been a couple of months since I brought you resources from the web. Here is the latest of the best out there for help in working your Disquiet and your life.
I have seen what Jonathan from Leadership Turn points out about leaders working longer hours and getting more stressed than ever. I like his idea about finding your “prime time”. Check it out in Are you working Smart or Dangerously Hard?
Continuing with the theme of stress, Robyn of Brain Based Biz, has a great collection of articles. There is a test you can take to check on your level of burnout. Why?
“You need more time to fix burnout,” explains Joe Robinson, author of Work To Live: The Guide to Getting a Life. The trick is to cut yourself off from a stressor, Joe maintains, for a sufficient amount of time to give your mind and body a break. After major stressors, your body needs two weeks to rebound.
The importance of play and relaxation are detailed. Play raises serotonin. You want that! Here are some suggestions:
- Target your passions and build your vacation around the things you like to do.
- Wander. Yes, relearn how to explore and discover, with no other purpose.
- Linger with a friend over dinner.
- Put on your kid hat. Connect with play.
Do you want to know the single best productivity tip? Check it out along with a resource list of the best out here on productivity from Zen Habits.A lot of men working their Disquiet discover they want to move in a new correction career wise.  Adam Kayce, a friend and colleague, runs an amazing practice helping people create the business they love. He has a new program to help called BPL - Business People Love. Check it out if you want to:
- get out of anonymity
- create customer evangelists
- build momentum in your business
- put your passion into high gear, and do extraordinary, purpose-driven work
- stand strongly in who you are, and be true to what you are here to give
And to round this out, Dr Tammy Lensky wrote a very creative piece on relationships that I really like. It was inspired by the government instructions on what to do in case of a nuclear blast from the 50’s. It’s called “Lessons from the Cold War: How to Clean Up the Fallout.”
Here is an example:
Radioactivity decays as time passes. The pain of an old hurt can diminish with time, if you let it. But if you replay the circumstances that lead to the pain frequently, you keep it raw. Better to let some decay happen so you can regain your strength for dealing with the initial fallout.
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May 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 am
Dave, thanks so much for lifting up my work on your blog.
Seems like we all need “help living through midlife without a crisis.” I had enjoyed your thoughtful posts and it’s great to reconnect.
May 22nd, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Thanks for the mention about the “Create a BPL” groups, Dave — I know your work is big on helping people find their inner connection and passion, and in that way especially, our work meshes together well, imho.
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Dave, thanks for the shout out on my post…it’s kind of you to include it. I’m still staring at the page in that booklet with the woman (in a dress, no less) vacuuming up nuclear dust. Oh. My. Gawd!
May 24th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Robyn - Thanks. It is hard to move thru alone isn’t it?
Adam - You are most welcome. Yes I see that weave between our work which is great - will can be great resources for our respective audiences.
Tammy - You bet - I love that article. I remember the duck under the desk drills and the idea that we would just have to wait it out like a tornado in the root cellar. What an imprint eh?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Hi Dave,
Many thanks for your kind comments re; my work on Leadership Turn.
I have now found your blog and pleased I have!
Come over and see me on my personal blog at: http://www.thejfblogit.co.uk whenever you have a spare moment