E-mail, conference calls, interrupts, over-running meetings, crises: a typical working day. To survive we rely on reptile brain. To do our best work we need access to higher brain.
Every 45 minutes on average take 5 minutes. Stop and re-connect with your greatest asset: your ability to think, create, synthesise and plan.
Take 5 minutes and do 5 things:
- Stand up;
- Stretch;
- Drink some water;
- Walk to the nearest window and look out to the furthest horizon;
- And ask: what's really, really important now.
The Power of Five.