Efficiency Quotient

I paid attention to the shape and color of the leaves last weekend in Asheville, North Carolina. My favorite month of the year has arrived and fall is in the air- and in San Francisco, that air is very warm. It’s basically our summer only it has a different color to it. Perhaps it’s counter intuitive type of summer where it’s hot but it gets dark early or we notice the leaves are changing but the sun is still brightly shining. Nice.

I slowed down on my retreat and learned the secret of being efficient- it means slowing down. I realized that I haven’t been too efficient with my friendships, my business and my work. Instead of spending more time recreating and refreshing and all the other works starting with “re” – I realized it makes more sense to go deeper with what I have.

Being ambitious is a curse. There is always something more I want to accomplish, develop, learn, do, grow and this can be unsettling. Instead I would like to think more in terms of what I can’t live without and what to keep and maintain. What brings substance and sets a foundation.

That is my efficiency quotient for this time of renewal.