From the President
Dear EO Melbourne,
Work-Life-Changing Your Habits
Hello, EO family. I hope you have survived this financial year and is focusing on thriving. I am using the end of the financial year to re-set my mindset and throw out some of my old habits to achieve my goals. The pandemic has provided me with an opportunity to transform my daily routines. I have cut back my actual working day by about 90 minutes, and I can tell you that I am reaching higher levels of performance and achievement due to being able to focus more, for shorter periods of time. I feel more energised with a shorter workday as I have more time to pursue other activities, such as exercise and family time. There are certain things I will never go back to post-pandemic like working a 12-hour day every day, travelling interstate for a 1-hour meeting, measuring the headcount in my office instead of profits, stop meeting with B and C grade clients, never be physically out of shape again (well hopefully not!), and skipping my mum's Sunday lunch feast.
New habits I am going to hold on to are checking in more regularly with my team, appreciating nature and a good walk with friends and family, riding my bike, practising kindness and gratitude, and connecting more with our community. I feel all of these changes are allowing me to think more positively about the future and what we all have to look forward to. I encourage you all to undertake a stocktake of your daily habits and take this opportunity to consciously modify your routines to succeed in 2021.
Before we enter the new FY, we are closing the current one with 35 events that garnered a 9.20 overall average rating. And as we move towards FY 2021/22, our Board continues to work hard behind the scenes to ensure we provide our members with rich learning experiences. We have an exciting range of speakers coming up and I invite all of you not to miss our upcoming speaker, Mark Mathieson, who is an organisational psychologist who will unlock the secrets to getting sh*t done. I know I am personally guilty of being addicted to tackling the urgent stuff rather than focusing on the high-impact activities that will help me achieve my strategic goals. But that is precisely why EO is here, which is to aid all of us in our entrepreneurial growth, so be sure to check our upcoming activities for the learning events lined up in the coming months and take the opportunity to use them as tools to your journey.
Warmest regards,
Socrates Capouleas, Finance Chair and Forum Chair, 2020/2021
President 2021/2022