An essential consideration for any leader is their current state of health. Do you recall the last meeting you lead where you had a head cold, fever, sleep deprivation, worked an all-nighter, and just plain didn’t feel well? Most likely, it was much harder to make your meeting productive and get people fully engaged. It is time to add a new category here to deal directly with Leader Self-Care!
My twitter name is @headset and I’ve been posting tweets around cooking. Hardly seems like an appropriate business topic yet it plays a huge role in my self-care. Not only do I like to cook (and clean), I get to nourish my body with great food. Given that it is the Holiday Season (Merry Christmas all!), I send out a number of tweets (see below) on how to navigate the holiday parties without overloading on food, etc.
How do you take care of yourself to insure you are at the best of your mental and physical abilities when you lead meetings? Are you eating right? How about exercise? It is way to easy to neglect “important yet not urgent” things like eating, exercise, etc. How would your leadership in meetings be different if eating, proper exercise, etc. were “important and urgent”?
Here are the tweets I sent:
Healthy Holiday Tip #1: Conduct ALL food consumption negotiations BEFORE arriving. “I’ll just have one” = RED FLAG Hat tip to @pamfr (note: I gave Pam credit yet she reminded me it was not her who sparked this idea!)
Holiday Health Tip #2: RT: Join @annfry on her free holiday teleclass noon EST Dec 9, Tues
Healthy Holiday Tip #3: Cream OR sugar. Put the two together and you add weight quickly. Bummer if you love egg nog!
Healthy Holiday Tip #4: Environment is stronger than will (Bucky Fuller). Steer clear of high calorie locations and ignore testing yourself!
Healthy Holiday Tip #5: Eat a solid meal before you go to the holiday party. Fill up on the food that supports you. Do NOT go hungry!!
Healthy Holiday Tip #6: Walk for 15 minutes before you arrive at the party. Light exercise decreases appetite!
Healthy Holiday Tip #7: Alcohol gives immediate spike in blood sugar. Sweet treats look better by the minute! Dilute drinks or just water.
Were these helpful? Did they spark any ideas on how you can take better care of yourself? Any tips or suggestions you’d like to pass on to other readers? Thanks!
Posted by Byron Van Arsdale
Twitter: @headset
Author – 21 Ways to Screw Up a Teleclass
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