It's almost summer!
For the next 10 weeks, I want to focus on fun, pleasure, and enjoyment. Winter has those things too (if you like skiing and ice-fishing), and summer is all about play and fun.
Let's start with this: Make things easy.
I know that many of you know how to make things harder than they need to be. I know because that used to be me and many of my clients do it, too.
There is no reward for finding the hardest way through something. Let's take writing this newsletter as an example.
Hard = thinking of something new to say every week. Easy = creating a theme and letting my brain get creative on one idea.
Let's look at a work example:
Hard = hating on and resisting your new VP's leadership. Easy (or at least easier) = accepting the VP is the way they are, leaving you free to choose to work with their style or leave. (I realize working for someone you don't jive with is a challenge, as is leaving your job. You can make things much easier by dropping the resistance.)
And a personal example:
You want to vacation in the mountains. Your family wants the beach. Hard = arguing about it and someone becoming resentful on vacation. Easy = choose to value the family time and just go to the beach and enjoy yourself. Beach/mountains? Doesn't matter.
I'll talk about how to get to what matters next week.
Here's to your fun summer!
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