Good morning and welcome to the Increasing Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode 2030. I have been working

with a lot of coaches and a lot of leaders lately. That has been really the focus of my work

the past year or so is executives and coaches at the elite sport level. And a topic that comes up often

is taking care of yourself, self-care, so that you can help others. And if you are in the

business of taking care of others, you need to prioritize taking care of yourself. Making self-care an essential

investment strategy, if you look at it as an investment that puts you in the best position to lead

effectively. A lot of people look at self-care as like an indulgence. You're pampering yourself. It's not an

indulgence. It's actually an act of leadership because the leader's natural instinct is to put others

first, to put the goals first, to put the organization first, to put the team first. And that's all fine, but you don't want to do it

at the expense of your health, at the expense of your personal well-being. And there's kind of a

paradox because the paradox of leadership is that in order to serve others, you need to take care of yourself. You need to

serve yourself because if you're depleted, you can't inspire, you can't decision make effectively,

you can't lead effectively. And it's important to look at self-care as a responsibility. And when you do self-care, you are modeling to your team

that taking care of yourself is important. And so the question that I invite you to ask yourself

is, are you leading by example when it comes to self-care? And if so, what does that look like?

And what do your self-care activities look like?

So this episode is for those of you who need to refocus and revisit the importance and reframe

taking care of yourself.

Because once again, if you want to take of others, take care of others.

If you're in a business of taking care of others, you need to start by taking care of yourself.

Have a great day.

And if you are interested in working with myself or any of my performance advisory consultants,

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