www.danielharkavy.com » Christmas http://www.danielharkavy.com Proactive and Intentional Living and Leading | Daniel Harkavy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:44:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Presents or Presence? http://www.danielharkavy.com/2009/12/presents-or-presence/ http://www.danielharkavy.com/2009/12/presents-or-presence/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:19:28 +0000 Daniel Harkavy http://www.danielharkavy.com/?p=206 I think I am starting to fall into the social networking groove.  I tweeted earlier today asking those who follow my posts this Leadership and Life Question: What is the most important thing for you to experience or accomplish between now and the year end?  I was really asking myself this question, and I thought I would throw it out there for all of you to ponder as well.

So, here is my response:  I want to experience pure and complete presence during this Christmas and New Years’ break.

Presents

What I want most is to celebrate this very special season by being absolutely present in each and every conversation, and in each and every moment.  I am a total mental spaz so this can be very challenging.

I know some of you can relate with me on this.  My mind is always going so fast and is filled with so many thoughts and ideas, and shutting it down to just be present can be difficult for me.  At the same time, when I am totally in the moment, it feels so good!

No matter what your plans are for the remaining days of this year, my challenge to you and to myself is to give the present of being fully present.  This means truly listening, totally engaging and adding value to those we love and those we lead.  This is an eye to eye and ear to ear challenge.

I hope this helps you to make some special memories.  I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Until 2010,

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