Welcome to Power Play, the mini-episode series within The People Powered Business Podcast where we focus on the mental game of being a boss. Join us each week as we share leadership tips, insights and advice to help you level up your leadership game and unleash the full potential of your team. These quick and powerful episodes are designed to give you the tools you need to become a more confident and effective leader, so you can create the successful business you deserve.

Today I was going to chat about the power of pause, it’s the Easter weekend after all, and one of the values I hold dear (and that I’ve learnt the hard way) is that self care is not selfish, and that pausing is actually really good for you and your business.

Then I realised that would be entirely hypocritical – because I wasn’t doing that this weekend. The truth is the biggest decision I was trying to make on the Thursday before Good Friday was – would my easter long weekend be focused on trying to get through the 157 (and counting) unread and un-responded to emails in my inbox – or on planning a big and important project that I seem unable to get started on when my clients are working.

If I wasn't working this long weekend I would be feeling so guilty, and I thought you might relate to that - so that's what I decided to talk about today.