Why pull weeds? Because it’s a change from sitting frozen in front of your computer screen, and more fun than the gym – really!
How many hours a week are you seated? At a desk or conference table? At a meal table? Behind the wheel of your car?
And how many minutes are you exercising at home or the gym?
If you’re not moving your body, your brain is stalling out from lack of oxygen.So, ask yourself:
“What is ONE thing I can do to get my body in motion?”
For one of my clients it’s holding walking meetings. Any meeting that’s a pure discussion and doesn’t need overheads or computer work has become a stroll through the building or even around it.
Another client, in a home office, deliberately leaves 2 errands to do each day, rather than on the weekends. She then drives to the destination and parks at the furthest spot in the lot so that she gets several minutes of exercise without getting on a treadmill.
Me? I do the squats pulling weeds, trim roses and even shovel plants at times.
So whether you’re dressed in wool, or out of your client’s line of site in gym clothes, get your body moving and your mind refreshed.
© 2008 Linda Feinholz.
To an outsider, watching my day might be completely confusing, as I do plenty of tasks that don’t appear to have anything to do with my work. I know, though, exactly why I’m using my private 80-20 formula: 80 percent of my time is on ‘business’ and 20 percent is on ‘being fit and limber for business.’
As I drove to the office supplies store today I found myself reflecting on the irony – my income has quadrupled and my responsibilities have spread, down, down, down. From strategist to file clerk. Maybe you’re experiencing the same discovery?
Fourteen years ago I did strategic planning and operations analysis and leadership training and management skills coaching… as an inside consultant at one of the Disney business units. My time was spent with the top tier of business leaders in that multi-national corporation. My day was neatly organized and so was my office.
I had one file cabinet, one bookcase, one white board and pictures up on the wall. Back then, I straightened my project folders on the corner of my desk, turned out the light and walked out the door with ease.
My time at work consisted of 80-percent meetings, and 20-percent working on material to discuss in the meetings. And that filled a very full week. My hours outside of work had me limber and fresh and ready to head back each day.
Like many of you, I chose the ‘more’ entrepreneurial route and its unexpected complexities. I thought it would all be simpler and more straightforward. Sell work. Deliver work. Instead, I’ve gone from Continue Reading
From strategy to moving files… one of the most unexamined side effects of leaving ‘corporate’ life is that entrepreneurs get caught with both macro and micro activities squarely on their To Do lists.
I know that first hand… I spent the weekend at a Summit with my mentor Eben Pagan working on business strategy. I’ve got a nicely organized list of changes to my information products, delivery system and the sequence of activities I’ll be using to launch the radio program The Spark Effect.
And two days later my day consisted of scripting the Senior Management Team Development meeting I’ll be running for a client next week, and three hours driving, buying and setting up the files and sorters I’ll be using in my newly organized office.
Across all of this, I’ve been running back and forth to the hospital where my step-dad Stan is in the cardiac care unit. I intended to write you an article that would be snappy and action-oriented and give you the 5 Tips on Prioritizing… Ah well, another time 
