I am SO lazy
The thought hit me from out of nowhere.
Imagine this: It's a beautiful, sunny evening, I am in my kitchen cooking pasta alla norma ๐ฉโ๐ณ (try it if you haven't, it's amazing), glass of cold white wine in hand, "Florida" blasting out the speakers (because when two of your favourite artists decide to collaborate, it is exactly as good as you dreamed it would beโฆ ๐๐ผ I digress).
And I think to myself: wow, I am so lazy.
It stops me cold in my tracks (or in this case, Taylor Swift's track ๐) because it breaks my number one rule:
๐๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐.
And yet there I went.
Here's what happened:
As I was frying the aubergine, my brain casually drifted off to all the things I am working on and want to get done over the next year ๐, including, but not limited to:
โก๏ธ An in-person leadership development programme for women in senior leadership roles, a coach training programme, a leadership retreat in Kenya, new clients I want to land, a book I'd like to start, a new website that needs launching, etc., etc.
And I thought my gosh, you're getting nothing done - look at all these unfinished projects. I noticed, and then I did what I teach my client to do all the time: I redirected
๐๐ผA redirect is a conscious effort to point your brain in a different and more constructive direction - or, as my amazing mum friends will say, it's like handing your toddler a cookie to make them stop screaming ๐ช.
In this case, my redirect went like this: Uhm, another way to look at is that I set up a business from scratch with no external investment or support, and grew the top line by 500% in year 2, while being on the road for 150+ days a year, and oh, I haven't taken a full week's holiday in over a year (not proud, correcting as I write this).
I checked if my brain was satisfied with that response (silence.. it was) and then I went back to my evening ๐ท.
That's all. Just a reminder that your brain will throw all sorts of stuff at you, and you never have to believe it, unless you want to.
What's your brain telling you today that you may want to redirect?
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