{"id":20829,"date":"2019-11-26T08:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archivegl.unlabbeta.com\/?p=20829"},"modified":"2019-11-26T08:30:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:30:51","slug":"what-do-you-need-to-let-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/what-do-you-need-to-let-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you need to let rest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17582\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17582\" src=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8866-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8866-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_8866-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This publication is one of my favorites: a wide-ranging commentary on Blending the Seven Fs: faith, family, finances, fitness, friends, fun, and future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you take a beef loin off the grill before a feast, you leave it alone for a while to let it rest. When you reach the first plateau on the way to the summit, you stop for a moment to rest. That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing now with this blog; I\u2019m taking a break to rest.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago, <a href=\"\/thanks-for-visiting-what-have-we-done\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I started blogging<\/a> as a way to express my point of view about leadership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/goodness-pledge-spark-nothing-significant-happens-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nothing significant ever happens alone<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Great things happen when good leaders work together with good intentions.<\/li>\n<li>Good leaders think less about work\/life balance \u2013 and more about <a href=\"\/seven-fs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blending the Seven Fs<\/a>: faith, family, finances, fitness, friends, fun, and future.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"\/goodness-pays-leadership-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">highest performing teams<\/a> are people who care about each other, both personally and professionally \u2013 and because they care, they build plans and solve problems together.<\/li>\n<li>Goodness pays when people thrive together in a culture of encouragement, accountability, and positive teamwork.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19416\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19416\" src=\"https:\/\/archivegl.unlabbeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BookSlide-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Hillen was the key partner in identifying How Goodness Pays. This photo is our keynote presentation of our research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To breathe life into this point of view, we started the <a href=\"\/breakfast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Leadership Breakfast Series<\/a>. With the enthusiastic support of sponsors who believed in our message, we hosted 80 meetings over ten years \u2013 including more than 19,000 guests, who contributed more than $315,000 to charities through the Bucket of Goodwill.<\/p>\n<p>During that same 10-year period of Good Leadership Enterprises, Melinda and I put three kids through college, <a href=\"\/good-leaders-how-was-your-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hosted two weddings<\/a>, moved to a new house, and buried two of our parents. Our team <a href=\"\/shop\/books-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote five books<\/a> and fully served 73 clients. It was satisfying in ways that I tried to describe in 549 email-delivered <a href=\"\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog posts<\/a>. Just reading this makes happy and tired!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20830\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-20830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/glb-follow-up-november-2019-paul-richard-davis-crowd-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/glb-follow-up-november-2019-paul-richard-davis-crowd-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/glb-follow-up-november-2019-paul-richard-davis-crowd-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Davis, CEO of Make-A-Wish America, capped off our 10<sup>th<\/sup> year of programming at the Good Leadership Breakfast Series.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, this week of Thanksgiving, I\u2019m looking ten years into the future. And today, there\u2019s only one thing I know for sure: I need to let this blog rest.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading. And thank you for your understanding. Watch your email for something to come from Good Leadership Enterprises after the first of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you take a beef loin off the grill before a feast, you leave it alone for a while to let it rest. When you reach the first plateau on the way to the summit, you stop for a moment to rest. 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