Focus on You!

About this episode

Dr. Matt James discusses the importance of self-care and personal time for high-functioning individuals.

“Dad, when’s the last time you unplugged for four or five weeks?”   That was my son. Right before he left to run our training in Denver. And I told him. It’s been years.   Now I’ll openly admit. I coach. I teach. I run a business. I host webinars. Even when I say I’m “off,” I’m still working. If your work is taking care of other people, you probably know what I mean.   In this week’s check-in from Hawaii, I’m talking about something most high-functioning people refuse to face. People use “I’m too busy helping everyone else” as a way to avoid working on themselves. We just wrapped our NLP Practitioner Training in Houston, and this kept surfacing with the assistants and the team. What about me? What about me? Not in a selfish way. In a harmonious way.   Look, morning sets the tone. Water. Nature. A few quiet minutes that belong to you. These small foundational things are what let you show up well for everyone else. Most people skip them and wonder why nothing feels solid.   So I’m taking some real downtime here. And I’ll be coming to you every week from here…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Matt James

Topics covered

• self-care
• personal development
• work-life balance
• NLP training
• mindfulness
• empowerment

Keywords

• self improvement
• NLP
• mindfulness
• personal growth
• work-life balance
• empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Empowerment, Inc., NLP, Huna, Mental and Emotional Release®, Hypnosis

Places: Hawaii, Denver, Houston

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