What would you say about someone who doesn’t care properly for the critical equipment they need to accomplish their tasks? Perhaps they fail to do scheduled maintenance, use inferior materials or simply run the machine beyond its recommended speed. You would see them as short-sighted and headed for disaster.
Your most precious machine is your own mind and body. Yet too many people seem to ignore the manufacturer’s suggested maintenance regimen and run themselves too long and too hard with inadequate sleep and less than ideal food. Is it any surprise there are so many burnouts, heart attacks and breakdowns?
I have identified a Harvard Business Review article which I recommend by Amy Jen Su entitled 6 Ways to Weave Self-Care into Your Workday. Amy is co-author of the book Own the Room and is a Washington DC-based executive coach.
Unlike many who write about self-care, Amy clearly understands the needs and challenges of businesspeople and insists that caring for yourself is the only smart way to work.
Herb