Business Me Time: Leadership and Life

As leaders know, being the go-to person can sometimes put a strain on your personal life due to emergencies that could come up on projects or at work. How a leader handles this type of pressure can affect the success factor of their leadership.

To help leaders deal with pressure and stress that can occur in their lives, I thought it would be a good idea to share a few “pressure relievers” that I have found helpful. See the starter list below:

• Always remember that there are only 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour. Son’t try to squeeze more time into your day.
• Don’t allow your projects or emergencies control you and stress you out.
• When dealing with a problem, try to look at it from different angles to see if you can come up with different solutions.
• Let it go! Don’t hold onto the stress or pressure of a situation. Deal with it and then let it go so you can continue on with the project.
• Leaders can make mistakes. Don’t get hung up on any mistakes that you may have made or that one of your team members may have made.

Now let’s look at quotes from those who want to encourage to control pressure/stress and not let it control you:

Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way. Douglas Pagels

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy,
healthy and rewarding life. Marilu Henner

How we perceive a situation and how we react to it is the basis of our stress. If you focus on the negative in any situation, you can expect high stress levels. However, if you try and see the good in the situation, your stress levels will greatly diminish. Catherine Pulsifer

Although the following video may not seem that it has anything to do with leadership, it does. Just take note of the points that he shares and listen how he deals with different things. Yes this is a funny look at key components of leadership. It’s OK to laugh out loud and enjoy the video. Please feel free to share your tips for dealing with leadership and life.