So I was just in this conversation with a buddy of mine, another CEO, we were talking about the reality of having so much going on in your life, so much going on in your work, so much going on in your business.

And I said to him, so, you know, how was your last couple weeks?

He said, well I took a week off, my wife turned 40 and I was like, oh that's right,

congrats.

And I said, so how many days was it before you actually were physically and mentally on vacation and he laughed and said three days which every

mega successful person I talked to it's about the same.

Now why do I bring this up to you?

Look life is short, right?

And this month, this time of the year,

it's the time when taking your phone

and telling your entire family,

let's set those down and let's just be together.

We don't need to capture every photo of, you know, little Michael opening up a present or,

you know, the dinner that we're having, you know, let's just be together and be present.

So I challenge you just for a couple days,

maybe just for a day, maybe for an hour,

put your phone down.

The second thing, and he and my buddy and I talked about this is you got

all these things that are on your mind. You got all these things that are

taking up your mind space. The problem is if all these things are taking up your

mind space, then when you're wanting to have that intimate dialogue or someone's

coming to you like, oh my it's so good to see, I've seen you in forever, but you're in the transaction,

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