RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Newsletter
For business owners and leaders who are winning at work and losing at home. The revenue is growing. The calendar is full. And the people who matter most are getting the scraps. Every other week, I send an in-depth newsletter on how leaders can build rhythms into the structure of their work. Keep growing your company, organization, or team without it costing your health, your family, or yourself.
All it takes is twenty seconds of insane courage...
Thursday, May 11, 2023 Twenty seconds of insane courage can change your life. Last week, I shared about 5 Ways to Use Fear to Your Advantage where I touched briefly on courage. What is courage? Courage is action in the face of fear. In the movie, We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon, he takes his two children to the restaurant where he met his now deceased wife. Walking by on the street, he suddenly spotted her through the window and stopped dead in his tracks. He thought to himself, All I need is...
What actually broke me had nothing to do with hours worked
What actually broke me had little to do with hours worked Read on my website / Read time: 5-6 minutes The thing that finally fixed my burnout wasn't more discipline. It was letting go of control. RHYTHMS OF REST℠ wasn't born from success. It came from personal failure. Over the next several issues of the newsletter, I'm going to lay out each piece of the RHYTHMS OF REST framework – one piece per issue. But before I do, I need to share how it came to be. Ever since I can remember, I was a risk...
Your next step...
Hi Reader, If you've taken the RHYTHMS OF REST Assessment, you already know which of your four rhythms is off. What most people don't have is someone to sit across from and turn that into an actual plan. That's what the debrief is. 45 minutes, live, one-on-one with me. We open your report, confirm the real keystone rhythm, and leave with one move built for your week, not a framework for the shelf. Book Your Debrief » $197 for the session. 45 minutes with me. You keep the recording. Once you...
He cut a day. Revenue went up.
Why Working Less Made These Two Business Owners Grow Faster Read on my website / Read time: 3-4 minutes Every time Jesh thought about taking Friday off, his chest would tighten. My first draft of this newsletter - written by hand with the Blackwing 602 pencil He never thought he could take a full weekend off. A marketing expert for mental health and wellness companies, Jesh always wanted a full weekend off. He is an elder at his church with all-day responsibilities, so Sundays have never...
You already know you're burned out. That's not the hard part.
Why Naming Your Burnout Never Makes It Go Away (and why vulnerability isn't enough) Read on my website / Read time: 2-3 minutes Confession doesn’t equal change. At 27, I had a fall-down-on-the-floor nervous breakdown. At 39, I nearly burned out again. Both times, my body was tired, my mind was clouded, and my marriage was strained. I didn’t need more people telling me to be vulnerable, honor my feelings, and set better boundaries. I needed a structural answer for burnout. Because whatever I...
Pulled in 19 directions before lunch?
Phil runs Singing Hills. Before he started coaching with me, he took the assessment. It told him his Emotional rhythm was the one dragging the rest down. Not his calendar. Not his team. That diagnosis was the entry point. Turning it into an actual plan is one of the things we built together in coaching. Today Phil knows exactly what he's supposed to focus on. He's not pulled in nineteen directions before lunch anymore. The assessment still starts the same way it did for Phil. It names the...
The grind that got you there is killing you
Balance Won't Fix Your Burnout (but this might) Read on my website / Read time: 4-5 minutes The grind that got you there is killing you. Earlier this year, the CEO of a large global company paused midway through a discussion on talent and said, 'We have a problem. Burnout is becoming a real issue.' He went on to explain that the people struggling weren't average performers. They were the organization's most experienced and capable leaders, the ones the company was counting on to move into its...
What if you could improve your rhythms by tomorrow?
Hey [First Name], What if you could improve your rhythms by tomorrow? Dozens of leaders have now taken the RHYTHMS OF REST℠ Assessment. It already does something most tools do not. It tells you which of your four rhythms, Relational, Emotional, Spiritual (faith or a philosophy of life), or Tangible, is actually out of sync. Not a vague feeling. A specific answer. Most people think knowing the diagnosis is the hard part. It is not. Knowing what to do about it tomorrow is. That is what got...
Two breakdowns, twelve years apart, taught me the same lesson
[#10] Why Work-life Balance Fails Every Leader Who Tries It Read on my website / Read time: 4-5 minutes What if the reason nothing has stuck is that you have been fixing the wrong thing? I had a full nervous breakdown at twenty-seven. There I was, face down on the floor in a puddle of tears, in the middle of my kitchen when I was supposed to be driving to a weekend training conference for my leadership role. A second breakdown was waiting for me at thirty-nine, and I almost did not see that...
Season 2 starts August 23
Season 2 Coming This Sunday... The wellness industry is worth more than six trillion dollars today, and burnout among senior leaders has not gone down. In fact, it's increasing. Most people think they are burned out from too much work. They are actually burned out from the wrong rhythms. Season two opens with that question. Three issues in a row starting August 16, one a week instead of my usual every other week. Here is what is coming: August 23: why a decade of self-care, mindfulness apps,...
You already know your three things
Summer Series | A Rhythm Worth Returning To | This was one of my most-read issues from last season. Here it is again. Hi Reader, If you looked at your calendar from last week, would you see your stated priorities, or everyone else's? That is the gut check inside this piece, and it is the one I keep sending readers back to during this break between seasons. It takes a few minutes with a pen and last week's calendar to find out where you actually stand. There is a particular kind of tired that...
For business owners and leaders who are winning at work and losing at home. The revenue is growing. The calendar is full. And the people who matter most are getting the scraps. Every other week, I send an in-depth newsletter on how leaders can build rhythms into the structure of their work. Keep growing your company, organization, or team without it costing your health, your family, or yourself.