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The Gravity of Doing

Guest post by: Rebel Brown

Article Overview: Taking stock, reflecting on our business, its opportunities and issues - being in the reality of our business versus doing and doing and more doing - that's the way to Defy Gravity thinking and see with a fresh perspective. We simply cannot be in our reality, see our truth - when we are so busy doing.

The Gravity of Doing

It's the holiday season and we're all getting ready to go into overdrive. As if we weren't already in overdrive. This is the time of year when life becomes a frenzy - we stuff more living of life, more time with family and friends, more efforts cooking and shopping and bustling into our daily dose of 24 hours than any other time of year. Add to that the fact that our businesses close their books and anyone in sales and marketing is looking for revenue - and you have the recipe for a meltdown.

Here's my question for this holiday season. Or maybe it's a challenge, you decide.

When the holidays are over and you look back, how many of the holiday moments, the special times of love and laughter - will you actually remember? Will you take the time to savor those precious moments with your family and friends? Or will the hustle and bustle of things - presents and cookies and sales goals and decorations and parties - blend everything into one big blur?

If you're like me, the answer is probably everything was a blur. But this year, I'm committed to changing that.

One of my favorite things to do is to throw holiday party every year - my tree trimming. This year I'm not having my party. Why? Because this year I want to enjoy trimming my tree, in the quiet and peace of my lovely home which is my nest. When I throw my party, I focus on the party - the food, the decor, everyone having a good time. By the end of the evening I'm exhausted. The food is eaten, the wine is gone, the tree is decorated - and it's all one big blur.

This year I'm slowing down. Intentionally. I'm focusing on being thankful, instead of cooking the perfect meal. I'm focused on spending quality time with friends, instead of rushing to buy, wrap and then drop off their present - because I don't have time to visit for long as I run to the next stop.

My plan is to savor every moment of this precious holiday season. To focus on the season itself and not the trappings.

How many times do we do the same thing in our businesses? We get so focused on the doing, the busyness of it all - the delivery of all these little things. We forget to stop, take a deep look around and really see what's going on.

I think it's time to slow down the doing for the end of the year. Taking stock, reflecting on our business, its opportunities and issues - being in the reality of our business versus doing and doing and more doing - that's the way to Defy Gravity thinking and see with a fresh perspective.

We simply cannot be fully in our reality, seeing our truth - when we are so busy doing.

So say goodbye to busyness for the sake of business. Settle in, savor the moments, reflect and review - and leave the busyness of doing for the masses.

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