Pause

#dontquit #relax #focus

#ONETeam #SNAPS #SageandNotableAdvisesfromPatrickSalazar

As leaders, there will be days when you feel its so hard, so painful and you’re alone to solve everything. Escalations pile up. You make unpopular decisions. Your Team is also going through challenges. You feel like your boss might fire you. Then, there will also be some personal challenges that pop up to make things even more stressful.

Decide to PAUSE this weekend. Do not think of work. Turn off your work phone. Sleep. Go to the beauty salon or spa. Eat. Exercise. Connect with those who genuinely mean the world to you - your family, your closest friends, your God.

Then on Monday, connect with your boss and inform her/him of the top two things that have been bothering you the past weeks. Ask for her/his guidance. Listen. Write down notes. Agree on a cadence to report the status of performance. Thank your boss for sharing best practices, and for the trust and confidence. Reassure her/him, you will get these done.

After that, assemble your Team and discuss your execution strategy. Agree on success measures, check-points and then go and execute the plan WITH them.

*About the photo

After a long exhausting week, all I want to do is to arrive home, be with my family and rest. Meanwhile, seeing this traffic in EDSA, my first thought is to turn on some 80s new wave music to relax my mind, slow down, and sing.