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LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS
WITH GAIL LOWNEY ALOFSIN
SPRING FORWARD! 21 STRATEGIES TO ENERGIZE YOUR MIND, BODY AND LIFE!
Spring offers an opportunity to hit the refresh button on your energy, mindset, and physical health. Recharging is not about doing more, more, more- it’s about being intentional with your commitments, habits and personal goals. It takes 21 days to adjust your habits. Whether you are looking to boost your productivity, make significant changes in your life or tune up your relationships – personally and professionally – it’s GO time!
Here are a few suggestions as you launch into 2025:
Set Goals. What would make your life better? Put realistic goals in writing and re-evaluate them monthly. Ensure your goals are specific inclusive of a timeline. You can always adjust your goals, just get started!
Eat a Frog for Breakfast – every day! Plan your day and eat the frog (the hardest task) first. Addressing that frog, whether it is the start of a project or difficult conversation, will give you energy. Ribbit!
#OwnIt – Own your thoughts. What you think about becomes your reality. We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.
Challenge Yourself - Make changes that will improve your life. And while you are at it, own your mistakes and learn from them.
Don’t Close a Door That Could Be Left Open - What are you so angry about? Is it worth it?
Take 5! Will it matter in 5 years, 5 months, 5 weeks, 5 days or 5 minutes? Choose your battles.
No Gossip, Period - Stop looking out your window with judgment. Take a peek inside your own house. Go home and do your dishes.
Aim for a “Complaint Free” Life - Complaining is so unattractive and can attract more negativity. Bless and release –people, problems and negative thoughts.
Read “From Strength to Strength” by Arthur Brooks. Focused on finding success, happiness and deep purpose. Read it with a highlighter!
Watch the Move “Miracle” - Then watch it again. Smile, Laugh, Cheer!
LIVE in YOUR Song! Music connects. Music unites. Begin your day with a playlist that gets you moving – physically and emotionally. Live in your song!
Motion is Medicine. You have to walk before you can run. Start your exercise program slowly and realistically. Walk 10 minutes, then 20. Focus on a fitness routine. The little things add up.
Eat the Rainbow. Do your best to eat healthy. Your body and mind will thank you.
Sleep is a Vitamin. Get at least 8 hours of sleep. You cannot run your engine without fuel. You will be invincible!
Laugh. Enjoy the people you encounter. Ignite a good belly laugh, every day. Laughter is contagious.
Collect People. To have a friend, be a friend. A true friend. “Collect” good people in your life.
Plus One. What is one more thing you can do to enhance a relationship with your colleague, client, family? Bring your best to the workplace and life.
All Phones Down – and put away. Be present. Focus on the person across the table from you. With your family, your friends, your colleagues, your clients and the barista serving you your morning joe.
Serve Others - Every morning ask yourself: “What can I do to enhance another person’s life today?” It could be as “simple” as opening a door and offering a smile. The gift of your time is the greatest gift.
Gratitude - Reflect every day on the gifts in your life, you know what they are. And say thank you. The best gifts cannot be wrapped
LIVE YOUR LIFE! People have more regrets about the things that they didn’t do than the things they did. Chances not taken; decisions not made. Don’t miss out. This is not your “practice” life. Don’t “what if” your life – get there and live it! Happy Spring!
Gail Lowney Alofsin is the Director of Corporate Partnership & Community Relations for the Newport International Boat Show, a subsidiary of South Florida Ventures, Informa Markets. An adjunct professor at the University of RI and Salve Regina University, author, Global Keynote Speaker and volunteer, Gail lives in Newport, Rhode Island. To date, 100% of the sales of her book, Your Someday is NOW! What Are YOU Waiting For? has raised over $55,000 for non-profit organizations. Visit gailalofsin.com for more information.
