Wednesday, March 12th, 9:07 am

Late start this morning. Yes, this is late for me. I am tired. It happens to me sometimes. My battery just runs low. I had plenty of sleep last night. I didn’t go out after work or anything like that. But I’m still tired. I think it’s because generally speaking I usually just go and go and go until I stop. I am not so good at pacing myself. The energizer bunny is out of batteries is what I call it to the people that know me best. The ones that see me and see the tiredness in my eyes and say, “what’s wrong?” The batteries are dead, that’s all. Now I have to do things to recharge them. Which takes effort in and of itself. First I have to rest. Which requires discipline on my part because I have a lot of responsibilities and a lot on my “to do” list. Normally when I am “resting” I am in fact on my laptop doing something. This is probably still sucking my batteries. So to speak. I have to eat well, another struggle for me. I tend to loose my appetite when I am excited and busy. I have a kitchen in my office luckily, so I keep healthy snacks there. I now have on my “to do” list to go to Whole Food and fill up the fridge with healthy food that will energize me during the day. I tend to not eat to the point of starving, and then eat crap, which of course is no good for the batteries. The exercise part I have under control because of my personal trainer, so that’s a relief/ I think because of that I am in much better shape than I could possibly be for the amount of hours I work. I pay attention to breathe. Yes, breathe. I find myself holding my breath a lot, which is very bad for you. In times of stress, people do that. You may notice it now that I have said it. Let the breath go. This makes you feel better immediately. I literally have to leave town to properly rest, so the next two weekends I will be out of town. First to Florida this weekend for a part pleasure and part business trip (can’t wait for the

sun!) and the following weekend to a new house I rented for the year in East Hampton. After that rest, proper diet, exercise, change of scenery, I should be in a better place and the batteries should be full again. This is a cycle I go through every few months or so. I always have a lot on my plate. I have a company to run, I try to have a personal life, although the lines are really blurred right now, I have staff that needs me to give of myself, I have clients that have that same need. When you own a business, especially a small company, you are constantly giving. You give in fact until you have nothing left. Then either you collapse, or you figure out how to refill yourself when you are depleted and start to give all over again.
For any of you out there wondering how I made my small business so successful, what’s one of my “secrets” I give, constantly, until I have absolutely nothing left? If it’s good advice? I don’t know. But I know it’s made me successful today.