Today sees the continuation of our Dadly Daily Declaration series with insights drawn from Robin Sharma‘s newest book, The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life. Our declarations for this week center on The Twin Cycles of Elite Performance, codified in the graphic below:
Yesterday’s reading brought us Sharma’s Legendary Performance Equation:
THE LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE EQUATION: PRESSURE × REFUELING = GROWTH + ENDURANCE
Today’s reading continues to draw from this equation. Here are today’s gems:
- Having fun is so very essential to leading your field, upgrading your life and inspiring the world.
- All great geniuses really loved to play. They understood that having fun is a potent form of recovery. They all had leisure activities that recharged their empty batteries. Einstein loved to sail. Aristotle and Charles Dickens adored daily walks. Hollywood superstar Meryl Streep used to knit, Steve Wozniak played polo, Bill Gates mastered bridge and Sergey Brin would often be up on a high-flying trapeze.
- Speak the words of unchained heroism. Talk the preach of a passionate possibilitarian. Use the languaging of hope, the sentencing of power and the phrasing of leadership—and unbridled love. Manage your words meticulously. Every morning.
That leads us to today’s Dadly Daily Declaration:
Time away from work is not a waste; it is a must. Time away offers a space for incubation of the very ideas that will make you a fortune. So work less to get more done.
To be specific and tactical: take at least two full days off each week. No technology. Full recovery. And every quarter, take off even more time.
