Don’t force it

So here I sit on Friday evening, determined to write Saturday morning’s daily blog before I “switch off” for the workweek. As I sit and think about writing, I realise my brain is a bit “cooked” from the week.

Contradictory though it is that my subject actually has inspired me to write this on Friday evening and not wait until tomorrow, the theme came to me and now I’m in flow to write about it!

Don’t force it.

Over the course of my career, I recall countless times where I pushed hard, often late into the evening, “forcing it” to get work done, to clear my emails, to meet a deadline, respond to the needs of a client or colleague. In short, spinning the hamster wheel hard and fast.

Luckily hard work like that never cause me any real mental or emotional stress or burnout, but this is Mental Health Week, so perhaps a relevant topic to bring awareness too now.

In addition to your own stress, consider how much better your work will be if you stop when you are “cooked” and pick it up the next morning.

Don’t force it.

One particular profession that always has me shake my head on this is lawyers. They are highly trained experts charging high hourly rates, yet all too often they are forcing it, working long hours under pressure. Back in the days when I retained lawyers for…