Happy Leap Day! This day only comes around once every 4 years. What are you going to do with this extra 24 hours you have been given? Maybe it's time to make a change or try something new. Or, ask yourself what you would like your career or life to look like 4 years from now, when this day rolls around again. Here are suggestions for changes you might try:
Leadership:
Decide to be the leader today, not just the boss
Give a passionate speech to the team to inspire a shared vision for the future
Send a quick email of appreciation to an associate
Walk your talk
Take the time to figure out what your talk (leadership philosophy) is
Anticipate and embrace change
Schedule more 1:1s with your team
Increase your PNR (positive to negative ratio)
Delegate
Tell the team mistakes are ok then help them learn from them
Start mentoring someone
Listen to understand
Boost someone’s confidence
Career:
Take one step that gets you closer to landing your ideal job
Volunteer for a new project or assignment
Pitch a new idea
Change something up
Find a mentor or sponsor
Take a class
Send a quick email of appreciation to a colleague, associate or customer
Have lunch with someone you normally don’t dine with
Make the call or send the email that you have been putting off
Limit multi-tasking - put all of your focus on the task at hand and see what happens
Wellness:
Join a gym
Take a workout class
Join a team
Sign up for golf lessons
Take a minute today to just breathe
Do some Yoga
Sign up for a meditation class
Eat vegetables
Drink 8 glasses of water
Take a walk
Book a vacation
Spend time with your pet
Relationships:
Book that getaway weekend with your significant other
Hire a babysitter
Send them a text just because
Call your Mom or Dad
Plan to have family dinner
Put the phone down so that your kids see your eyes, and not the top of your head when they walk in the room.
Make the call you have been putting off
Tell someone you love them
Mindfulness
Say a prayer
List 10 things you are thankful for
Spend at least 10 minutes outside (even if it means donning your ski gear 😊)
Use your power of intention to decide how you want this extra day to go
Think about 3 positive things that happened to you so far today
Try a mediation app - (calm, ten percent happier, etc.)
Take 3 deep breaths
Janine Friedman, Owner and founder of Choice Training and Coaching Solutions, Inc. is a leadership and peak performance coach and holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation from the International Coaching Federation. She empowers busy and oftentimes stressed out professionals to achieve success at work without giving up happiness in life.
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