Breathing room – the space between our current pace and our limits.

At Mavidea, Breathing Room is our current rallying cry. It’s what we decided our organization most needed right now.

The above definition of breathing room comes from Andy Stanley’s series on the topic.

Yesterday in the sales meeting we watched the first few minutes of the first part of his series on Breathing Room.

At the end of the first few minutes, he hits everyone with a question:

What are you afraid of?

We tend to overcommit and overextend ourselves out of fear.

We say yes to too many activities because we want them to like us.

We say yes to too much stuff because we want them to like us.

We say yes to too many meetings because we don’t want to miss an opportunity.

We leave ourselves with no breathing room.

At Mavidea, we have accepted the challenge of finding some Breathing Room. Of deciding what is IN and what is OUT when it comes to our schedules, our money and our processes. We are going to create some space between our current pace and our limits.

Make it a great day.

Jake