My sweetie Nelson bought himself a new bicycle – it’s sleek, black, and very lightweight. He tells me it’s the kind of road bike where you have to pedal all the time – a fixed-chain something or other.
He goes out riding for awhile and comes back with screaming thigh muscles.
“You can’t rest,” he says with a grimace as he sits down. “You pedal constantly on this thing.”
I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t sound like a lot of fun to me. In fact, it seems darn tiring. Afterall, muscles grow when they are used and rested, used and rested not used, used, used, right?
In today’s note, “C” is for Cycles. Not the kind of cycle Nelson bought and seems to be punishing himself with, but Cycles as they relate to your life and work.
My former business coach, Maria Gamb, wrote in her book Healing the Corporate World, the season of Autumn is a period for reflection – for evaluating, reveiwing and taking stock of what works and what doesn’t.
Winter is a time of rest, Spring a time of renewal, and Summer a time for action.
The thing is – you perpetually try to stay in Spring and Summer. You forget to review. To rest. You forget to slow down, stop, and take stock. Without this crucial time of reflection, how can you know what’s working? What needs changing? What doesn’t serve you and your business anymore?
Now is the perfect season to evaluate and review your business – this Autumn cycle begs for you to slow down and take stock. I can help.
Let’s do it!
Make some room,
Angie
P.S. I’m offering two-hour Make Some Room Rendezvous sessions through the end of the year. They’re suitable for just you and me or a small group or team. The investment is a mere $350.00. In just those two hours, I’ve had clients and teams make major progress on:
- “Why” they are in business
- Which systems would radically change their business for the better
- How to get out of overwhelm using the power of the word “No”
- How to eliminate the “making piles” habit
- Email overwhelm – and I teach how to banish it for good
- How to make more money (but not necessarily work more)