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8/24/07: Five Life-Changing Words |
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Five Life-Changing Words
"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit
of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing
it."
-Herodotus -Greek Historian
Do you go to bed with work left unfinished, 16 emails left unanswered, and four customers that need you or the world will end. Is this making you nuts?
Have you lost your mind? Well, I'm about to give you five words that you need to scream at the top of your lungs at 5:00 this Friday. And these five
words are designed to keep you out of the loony bin and assure that you make the rest of the working year your most productive. So let's do a little
practice session for this Friday at 5:00. Ready, say it with me."I AM DONE WITH WORK!" And if you want to add a sixth word that sounds something
like."Whoopee!" go right ahead.
Then turn off the computer, retire the Blackberry, and put a lighthearted or even funny outgoing message on your voice mail telling the world that you
have officially checked out until next Tuesday. Your next step is to plan some relaxing or fun activities with your most important customers.your
friends and family. Then focus all of your energy into doing two things:relaxing and having a blast. Do these two things with passion and
enthusiasm, and when you come back, you will that much closer to becoming top performer. And never forget, you work to live, not live to work! So
ladies and gentlemen, start your Labor Day engines, because sanity is just around the corner.
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