This FINAL encore experience will be unlike any other. Because like everything we do, it's been "reimagined" from beginning to end. It's not a virtual or hybrid event. It's not a conference. It's not a seminar, a workshop, a meeting, or a symposium. And it's not your typical run-of-the-mill everyday event crammed with stages, keynote speeches, team-building exercises, PowerPoint presentations, and all the other conventional humdrum. Because it's up close & personal by design. Where conversation trumps presentation. And where authentic connection runs deep.
And for leaders, who might say they have too much responsibility to take a break in the middle of an already-full day, think again. Even the President schedules sacrosanct blocks of time daily; his morning workout and his family dinner are immovable. In a piece for Vanity Fair Todd Purdum spent 24 hours following Barack Obama around on a “normal” day of work, and found that the President “even as [his] travel schedule picks up… [he] intends to be home for dinner as often as possible… It [allows for] a rare moment of perspective.
”Regardless of how you choose to spend it (and you’ll find multiple options for every kind of stress-crunch below), hitting the pause button for only ten or fifteen minutes can add valuable perspective to your situation. It gets you out of the fight-or-flight mode that an added project to an already full plate, a moved-up deadline, or even a co-worker conflict, can put us in.
At 99U, we’ve studied how countless makers, entrepreneurs, leaders, and creatives are able to handle the intense workloads or schedules that often come with doing great work, and across the board they each have a daily break (or multiple ones) that they protect fiercely. Here are the best strategies we’ve learned from our past research for taming even the most stressful and anxiety-filled workdays.
WE ARE THE AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHING DIVISION OF 360° NATION —PRESENTING OUR LIFE, CULTURE, AND BIZ MULTIMEDIA DIGEST AS A HUB OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND PERSONAL GROWTH. WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ACTION, OUR VAST GLOBAL CONTRIBUTOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO TRANSITION FROM KNOWING WHAT TO DO TO ACTUALLY DOING IT —ALL COMPLEMENTED BY SYNDICATION RELATIONSHIPS WITH A CHOICE GROUP OF EQUALLY INNOVATIVE MEDIA OUTLETS. TODAY AND EVERY DAY, WE SIMPLY DELIVER THE VERY BEST INSIGHTS, INTELLIGENCE, AND INSPIRATION AVAILABLE ANYWHERE —DOING IT OUR WAY BY PLACING OUR WRITERS AND OUR AUDIENCE AT THE FOREFRONT. IT'S MAGICAL. IT'S EVERGREEN. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S JUST GOOD STUFF. PERIOD.
DO YOU HAVE THE "WRITE" STUFF? If you’re ready to share your wisdom of experience, we’re ready to share it with our massive global audience – by giving you the opportunity to become a published Contributor on our award-winning Site with (your own byline). And who knows? – it may be your first step in discovering your “hidden Hemmingway”. LEARN MORE HERE
