Elite performance is linked to the ability to rest and recharge. This episode explores breaking personal habits and tendencies to allow the mind and heart to be restored, so you can be at your best when your best is needed.
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Jason introduces Season 7 episode 29 of the podcast, Rest: Break Tendencies. Welcome back to the podcast on corporate culture and leadership and thank you for listening. We engage thought leaders like CEOs, CFOs, managers, VPs, directors, and more for this podcast. We wish to create content that engages your mind and heart and allows you to step back and think and add some positivity to your life. We deep dive into today’s topic.
We can’t control everything but what we can control is our response. Still a lot of work to do but wanted to remind the audience what is within our control is the temperature we create in the organizations and teams we work with. If you have a suggestion, please send it to info@jasonvbarger.com
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“The effectiveness of your future actions will thank you because of this time to slow down in order to speed up. You will be better prepared to be at your best when your best is needed”
3:00 – Jason introduces today’s topic. This is a multi-part series and this is the third part from the last two episodes about stepping back for greater effectiveness in the workplace. This is a micropod and shorter by design to carve out time and to rest a little. Stepping back and charging and resting actually shows that elite performance is connected to just that. Jason shares personal connections to rest that he carves out of his schedule to recharge and to study and allow new growth to emerge and not be complacent.
4:22 – Jason talks about his own practice of stepping back and taking time to rest.
7:05 – When Jason wrote his second book, ReMember, he cited a study from the Harvard business review that stated that people switch tasks between 300-500 times per day. People buy into the busyness myth; they equate busyness with effectiveness. It leads to only at 30% productivity rate. The most effective people took time to slow down to speed up thus being more effective with tasks. In Jason’s latest book Breathing Oxygen, he talks about the power of rest and elite performance very well, I highly recommend checking it out. How we rest, how we recharge is as important as the hard work we have to put in.
12:30 – Jason talks about a past episode about biorhythms listen to it here; it will give you some great context. Jason says that a purposeful thing he does during his time off is to actually break his own tendencies. This helps Jason be a little more aware of his active habits and then when he comes back it makes him more aware of them.
For example, with intentional time off some ways that Jason breaks tendencies are:
- Jason shifts phone, email, and social media patterns – break free from need to check email or social media during vacations or times away.
- Tends to allow himself to stay up later during the evening – Jason is an early riser but he will allow his body to not feel that obligation but will settle into an evening. He will not limit himself based on his usual routines
- Say Yes to social gatherings. – Allows himself to do more things that he might not always be able to do
- Listen to his body, rest when needed – It is hard to do this normally, so this luxury of relaxing and listening to your body and just laying down and sleeping can even be a real joy in and of itself.
- Say Yes, where typical no’s appeared – This can be liberating during your time off to do this as Jason finds and helps him experience newness.
11:30 – When Jason recharges he describes what he does to rest and grow during this time. Seeking joy plays an important part of resting. Jason says that one intention practice is to be very intentional about seeking joy. Jason identifies things that bring him joy on a day-to-day basis. One example for Jason is an early morning cup of coffee with no rush; sounds nice. Another is Jason allows time for a meandering walk during his vacation or even client ventures. Jason further has a purposeful workout, Jason seeks music that enlivens him also, and he challenges himself to get outside or be outdoors.
14:30 –Something important is that Jason seeks out laughter as well. The seeking is the goal, allowing time to seek is important. The compounded moment of joy become fuel for the action items when it is time to return to those. This is just one aspect and on future episodes we will talk about other aspects.
Stay tuned for more episodes coming out relating to maximizing performance the surprising way to do it by actually slowing down.
This episode was sponsored by Epcon Communities, we thank them for their support.
Questions to Ponder
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What habits or tendencies could you take a break from to see with new eyes, and to experience newness, and reflect in your life and work?
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What can you say yes to during your time off that you normally wouldn’t?
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A thermostat is proactive. It sets the temperature in a room. Controls the temperature. Regulates the temperature. But in today’s distracted, fast-paced and digital world, it’s easy for individuals and organizations to act more like thermometers, slipping into reactionary thinking, becoming scattered and inconsistent. The most compelling leaders, teams, organizations, families, or collection of humans of any kind operate in thermostat mode. They calibrate their mind and heart to set the temperature for the vision and culture they want to create. Jason Barger, globally celebrated author, keynote speaker, and founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting, is the host of The Thermostat, a podcast journey to discover authentic leadership, create compelling cultures and find clarity of mission, vision, and values.