Schedule Halftime During Your Day

Why Halftime? 

This morning, I listened to Jon Acuffś All It Takes Is A Goal podcast. David Nurse, (former NBA player, coach and author gave amazing advice. One thing that stood out to me was his tip to schedule a halftime within your day. 

In a basketball game, athletes and coaches listen to a pregame speech (morning routine) as well as a halftime speech and even postgame speech. It is not uncommon for us to focus in the morning on setting intentions for the day, and taking the time to close out the day by reflecting. What I do not seem to hear too many people doing is scheduling halftime. I know I have never considered doing this! It is impossible to do enough reflection, or schedule the perfect day. But, intentional planning for reflection and new strategy matters and is enough. I know I never considered scheduling halftime. 

Today, I decided to give it a try. I picked a time in the middle of the day after 11 am and set an alarm that I renamed halftime. When my alarm went off, I asked four questions.  

    1.  How is it going?
    2.  What is going well? 
    3.  What needs to change?
    4.  What do I still need to do? 

I will most likely revise these four questions if I continue with halftime, but for now they work. I am not sure how much differently my days will go as a result of halftime, but I am willing to give it a try for a week. Today it was nice to pause and take a moment to reflect. As a former basketball player, I remember dynamic halftime speeches. A solid halftime speech has the ability to improve the quality of the second half of your day. 



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