Balance and Rest

Seems a simple thing to say (and even write) but for all of your drive and successes, you must also remember to balance this with rest and recuperation.

Ignoring this fact (and it is a fact, everyone needs rest) will ultimately lead to poor performance and likely mistakes.  But you'll need to figure out what your 'rest' looks like.

If you're an introvert, this may be calm activities, possibly in isolation and some quiet.  For an extrovert, it may be out and about amongst it all soaking up the atmosphere.

It doesn't matter what helps you to rest and recuperate, what matters is that you make the time to do whatever is right for you.  Now do it.

Please see my website at www.managingforthefirsttime.com for more techniques, tips and advice on this topic and others.

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