Note: This keynote is well-suited for a male or mixed audience – everyone needs downtime
We are living in unprecedented times and women are under more pressure than ever. Before Covid, research showed that women took less time for themselves than men, putting themselves at risk. According to recent research, women are actually more stressed working at home, even if they don’t have children. When your days are spent juggling demands, downtime and self-care are the first things to go especially as we are often conditioned to feel guilty for not being productive. Yet, if we aren’t taking time to rest, relax, re-energise and restore, we pay the price. Chronic stress increases the risk of many psychological and physical health conditions, and it hurts your focus, effectiveness and negatively impacts the bottom-line. Uber-successful people know that downtime and self-care are not a luxury but a necessity.
Takeaways
- Get to the root of what keeps you stuck on the hamster wheel.
- Learn to spot the signs of unmanaged emotions, stress and burnout.
- Realise the benefits to others when you are self-centred (this is not a typo).
- Find out what uber-successful professionals know about downtime.
- Mitigate guilt and prioritise yourself and your well-being.
- Implement tools to make downtime and self-care a reality.
- Be your most resilient, happy, healthy, productive, successful self.
