James Clear indicates in his book “Atomic Habits” the compounding effect of a 1% increase every day.

“Improving by 1% isn’t particularly notable, sometimes it isn’t even noticeable, but it can be far more meaningful – especially in the long run.”

“If you can get 1% better each day for one year, you’ll end up 37 times better by the time you’re done.”

Let us leave the new year’s resolutions and rather make one small choice for the rest of the year. It is better to do something small for longer period, than to do something big short term right?

You can choose something within the following themes to make it easier:

– Your well-being: to practically think about thing like sleep, exercise, diet, mindfulness practice?
– Your work: if you specifically want to make a small decision about work?
– Your core relationships: if you want focus on a specific person in your life and make a small decision there?

Choose one and make it simple. Do it either daily or weekly.

Ask yourself one good question every week or do a small practice every day? And connect this question or practice to an area for the whole year. Then think about the structure that will support this – set a reminder on your phone, specific time, place of the day?

Look out for Cal Newport’s book, Slow Productivity which will be released beginning of
March – it looks like a fascinating and practical read.

Until next month!
Andre

Ps: I’m commencing this monthly refection after a 2 year break – after releasing my book the
writing dried up a bit, but let’s get the conversation on soulfulness going again!

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I often have the conversation with my children about the most important question in life.

“what is enough?”

If we could live with the wisdom to determine what is enough, and if the world were organised by the principle that everyone should have enough, it could be a totally different reality, couldn’t it?

Enough light, enough oxygen, enough beauty, enough energy, enough meaning.

But then we worry that when everybody has enough that we will stop trying.

Ryan Holiday, in his book “stillness is the key” states:

‘you will never feel okay by way of external accomplishments. Enough comes from the inside. It comes from stepping off the train. From seeing what you already have, what you’ve always had.’

The worry is that the experience of enough will make us complacent to not challenge ourselves or grow or even suffer – but it often is the opposite. You can be healthy, content and still be successful. Just see what you already have – and obviously there is the real experience of not having enough – we do need to acknowledge that!

Maybe ask your team to name one experience of enough today or maybe tell them where in the business there is enough and celebrate that.

We definitely have ample reminders every day where there isn’t enough, right?

Therefore take a moment today and reflect on the following questions:

• Where do you experience enough in your relationship?
• Where do you experience enough in your surroundings today?
• How can you live with an attitude to find the enough of everyday?

So how can you respond to this?

Make one decision today – what would one step look like to influence the experience of “enough” around you? One small practical step…

Enough will give us more clarity, insight, truth and presence.

May you have enough today!

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