Rest that Leads to Progress: Learn to Embrace the True Power & Benefits of Taking a Profitable Priority Pause
I believe in the power of resting into your progress and giving pause to align, accelerate and advance at higher levels like never before.
Resting brings about rewards of all kinds and that’s why I’m so passionate about sharing the reasons why it’s important. Several years ago, I created the platform Rush 2 Rest Challenge which features both of my publications Rest Well: An Intentional Wellness Journal for Resting and Rest-Cue Yourself: An Intentional Relaxation Journal Planner for Creating a Lifestyle of Retreat & Rest. My goal was to inspire others to make resting a priority for not only well-being but also for intentional progressing forward.
Though it’s tempting to want to keep going, going and going in order to create more momentum towards your goals/success, often it’s best to take a break, breather and a bypass on taking more massive action to get stuff done.
In my articles The Profitable Priority PAUSE: Take Time to Focus on What’s Most Important for this Life Phase and The Slow Speed Success Factor: How Slowing Down Actually Speeds Things Up, I share about why it’s very important to allow acceleration in all or certain areas of our lives to happen in a divine-aligned flow progression. Slowing down and giving pause invites us to focus on the highest responsibilities of knowing “What’s Right for Me NOW & What’s Necessary” as it relates to achieving the best life in the present. Please take time to read and enjoy the benefits from those helpful articles.
As someone who regularly gives pauses, I’ve learned to leverage a powerful Q&A exercise that I created a few years ago called…When to Rest & When to Rise
These three powerful questions below will help you to gain clarity for how you should proceed in the present.
- What Needs a Rest?
- Where have I already been resting in an unconscious or nonlinear way?
- What’s Ready to Rise?
Taking time to be present and going through this exercise several times is extremely beneficial. Repeating this process three times in a row works really well for gaining more clarity, expanded awareness and deeper insights for how to proceed with your pause or where to get into action.
So, did you go through the Q&A?
If so, how beneficial was the process for you?
Preparation Is Vital to Resting to Progressing Forward Successfully
There’s an anonymous quote that states; Success favors the prepared and I agree wholeheartedly. One of the main reasons why most fail to commit or stay the course when resting/giving pause/taking a break is because they don’t prepare, plan or position themselves accordingly to be successful with this initiative. Accurate Preparation is KEY!!!!!!!!!!
Here are a few quotes to inspire you for the importance of preparation.
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to, and the last duty done.” ~George MacDonald.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ~Benjamin Franklin.
“Preparation is the key to leadership success. The more prepared you are the less your struggle…” ~Israelmore Ayivor.
“The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.” ~Tony Robbins.
So how will you PREPARE to REST to PROGRESS?
Considerations…
Make a list of things you feel you MUST DO before you give pause. (This would be a good time to revisit the Q&A exercise). Take the top three priorities and do what’s only required for completions or management and then take a break.
Decide how long you will give pause/rest in those areas.
Start focusing on where you need to RISE and start preparing to move forward. Make a list of actions that you can start taking.
Discover how long you need to make your RISE agenda the primary focus before you start moving forward once more in the areas where you were giving pause/resting.
If you want to organize this endeavor more, it would be helpful to take a piece of lineless paper (printer paper) and write at the top in all caps….MY REST TO RISE PROGRESSION PREP AGENDA.
Next, make two vertical columns and write in one column REST and the other RISE and then write out your preparation plan and next levels of implementation.
Again, PREPARATION is not only powerful, but also one of the most beneficial parts of this process. So please don’t fail to prep, plan and position yourself for success in this area.
If you need assistance with planning your success in this area, please reach out. I’m the creator of the platforms The Power of the Profitable Social Media Pause, Rush 2 Rest, The Digital Detox Disruptor Retreats, The Soul of Self-Care and other related platforms.
Email wowshedoesitallmedia@gmail.com
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Wishing You All the Best with Your REST to RISE & PROGRESS AGENDA!!!
