Summer gives us the luxury of slowing down and being more relaxed.\u00a0 With that said, finding time to do all our work, sometimes means taking things more slowly.\u00a0 In our rush around world, we often are so involved in “doing” we forget to reflect on our “being”.<\/p>\n
Think of this as summer school<\/em> – what can you try this summer that will create a more mindful second half of the year.\u00a0 Start with your email<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Many people feel obligated to respond to an email the instant they get one on their computer or mobile device.\u00a0 This often distracts them from what they are doing.<\/p>\n Fast responses sometimes\u00a0 lead to angst at a later date.\u00a0 Most great leaders take the time to respond in due time, thoughtfully and respectfully.\u00a0 You will never have 100% of the information to make a decision, but a strategic answer will bode well for most.\u00a0 If you feel you need more than a day, send a note that you will get back and give a time when the person can expect your response.\u00a0 Tim Ferris<\/a> ,in his book, 4-Hour Workweek<\/span> went so far as setting his email so that when people emailed him, the sender received an auto-response saying that he only responds during certain times.<\/p>\n Next you will want to actually schedule your time to respond.\u00a0 Put it on your calendar or task list.\u00a0 If you are using Outlook, you can actually drag an email to your calendar or task list and schedule when you will respond.\u00a0 This takes all of 5 seconds and saves so much memory space in my brain.<\/p>\n By being mindful of your time, thoughtful in your responses, you will be leaving space for the wisdom you have to be used with others.\u00a0 We all have wisdom it just sometimes gets bogged down in the “busyness” of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summer gives us the luxury of slowing down and being more relaxed.\u00a0 With that said, finding time to do all our work, sometimes means taking things more slowly.\u00a0 In our rush around world, we often are so involved in “doing” we forget to reflect on our “being”. Think of this as summer school – what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-culture","category-business-improvement","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":578,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575\/revisions\/578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}