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healing effects of laughter, yet how hard it is to remember that as a practice. Finding moments of joy <br />in the midst of hardship is a leadership skill. Practice it, and encourage it in your people. <br />Take your time. Because there is real urgency in our circumstances, we often get caught up in <br />rushing into things, rushing through things. Here I take my guidance from a story told by a colleague <br />about a senior brain surgeon coaching young surgeon through a tricky procedure with these <br />words: “I want you to remember that from the time you make the first incision, you have just 30 <br />minutes to complete the operation or the patient will die. So be sure and take your time.” <br /> And finally, take care of yourself. Whether you take your guidance from the world of emotional <br />intelligence, and realize that it takes time out to “reset the amygdale” so that you can be thoughtful <br />about what is really going on around you. Or the world of a wonderful book called Sabbath which <br />reminds us that rest, itself, is necessary to remaining human, aware, present and contributing. If, <br />like me, you know that the human body can’t stay healthy in the face of unrelenting stress, but find it <br />hard to act on that (after all the challenges are so great, and our mission is so important) consider <br />the lilies of the field, or the research that says we will “crash” or organizations if we don’t take time <br />out to care for ourselves. <br />