18: Biking, Drawing from the Well and Self Care

Mt. Nebo Leadership Podcast: Leaders Lift

Summary

Over the last several months I've been pushing it pretty hard. There has been a lot going on trying to get this podcast and my tech one (Gadgets for Families) up and running. That's on top of my business consulting business and the craziness that comes with the end of a school year. So just a lot going on. When I combine that with with my drive to always want to be doing something meaningful and my perfectionist tendencies, it's been pretty intense. Take those experiences and combine them with some of the topics I have covered like dialing it back, knowing yourself, course correcting as well as some things I have been reading and I got thinking about how I'm doing. Not business progress or anything like that. Just how am I personally doing.

With that background, I'd like to spend our time today talking about caring for ourselves. Storytime and lessons learned from it are first and then let's talk about how we as leaders sometimes don't realize we are not taking care of ourselves, the impact that has on us and those that depend on us and more.

Approximate Time Stamps

• Story Time 02:03
• Little Lift Recommendation - Getting Into Biking - 06:28
• Taking Care of Yourself Intro 13:31
• Who Depends on You 16:51
• Drawing from Your Well 19:58
• Being Selfish 21:31
• Replenishing 24:07
• Tying It All Together 28:43
• When It Won't Work 32:20
• Wrap Up 34:36

Key Takeaways

• Great leaders of all types tend to focus on those they lead, but we cannot neglect our own self care.
• There are a lot of folks that depend on us and draw from our well (including ourselves)
• Don't be selfish, but don't neglect yourself either.
• Find something you love to do that also replenishes
• Make taking care of yourself part of your own personal development plan

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