Rhythm Help - Part 2

Yesterday, I talked about a Leader's Rhythm. But what do we do we recongnize that some area of our life is out of rhythm? How do we handle it? What happens when our boss or environment is more in control of our "Rhythm or Pace" then we are? What are the effects on a leader's life that is out of rhythm? Here are a few thoughts:

1. Recognize that there are season to rushed rhythm. Everyone goes through seasons of life where the rhythm is unsustainable. That's normal. The key is that we recognize it as "abnormal" and have a timeline as to when it will return back to normal again.

2. An improper leadership rhythm leads to Unhealth. We have to know that if we're outpacing ourselves, it will eventually catch up to us. Every once in a while, you'll meet someone who thinks they're super human and can live at a super human pace for an extended period of time. Rest assured that their life isn't all it's cracked up to be. If they're living at an unrealistic rhythm or pace, it's exacting a price somewhere in their life.

3. Unhealth creaps in to the gray areas first. One way you'll know if you're living at an unhealthy pace is that some of the gray areas of your life will begin to slide. You'll catch yourself "needing" something that you used to do for leisure or enjoyment. Like energy drinks, or alcohol or something like that! Suddenly it goes from "enjoying" to "I have to have this to make it through my day!" That's a sure fire sign of unhealth.

4. A Life out of Rhythm is a target for burnout & integrity failure. The problem with a leader who's life is out of rhythm is that the "liberties" don't just stay in the gray areas. Eventually, if we don't do what's necessary to bring our life back into a healthy rhythm, we will begin to see cracks in our integrity. It's just too difficult to be all things to all people all the time, so either we'll "fake" it, or we'll readjust our priorities to where they need to be.

Tomorrow we'll talk about a few thoughts on Restoring our lives to a Healthy Rhythm.

Just a Rhythmic Bloggish Thought,

Matt