Influence and Rest: Getting Better at Leading Through Resting
Submitted by Karen Keller Ph.D on
So you’re an influencer, and one that goes 900 mph all the time. Guess what? Without rest, sooner or later, you are going to blow a gasket.
I see it all the time. Men and women who think they are the one super human immune to the fact that we are all, in fact, human.
Blowing a gasket looks different for everyone. Sometimes it might be a string of snappy, unkind responses. It could be a poor decision made in the fog of fatigue. It ‘s possible that something much more disastrous could occur resulting in broken relationships or destroyed health.
Staying sharp as an influencer requires a quick mind clear of cobwebs.
Yet the current leadership culture often pushes against this, all the while ignoring the axiom, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.”