Data from the heart, with Simon Shepard

<p>How do we create moments to reset? Just like a Formula 1 car pulling into a pitstop, slowing down and stopping completely in order to win a race – how can we create moments of mental and emotional rest during our working days?</p><p><br><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-shepard-a9868a16/">Simon Shepard</a> is the CEO of <a href="https://optima-life.com/">Optima-life</a>. He helps teams understand themselves better as individuals, and the role their physiologies play in their performance. Simon shares his frameworks for helping people understand the messages their body might be sending them. One of them includes a way to measure the stresses of the last week, by scoring events on a scale of difficulty and multiplying them by the emotional impact they had.</p><p><br><strong>Dan and Pia’s takeaways</strong></p><ul> <li>A heart rate variability monitor may help you understand what affects your sleep patterns.</li> <li>Taking a pitstop is more effective than trying to push on through burnout.</li> </ul><p><strong>Links</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://optima-life.com/news/the-battle-for-balance-a-book-by-simon-shepard/"><em>The Battle For Balance</em></a> – Simon’s book</li> <li> <a href="https://www.squadify.net/wenotme/episode-20">Critical Teams, with Martin Bromiley</a> – episode 20 of <em>We Not Me</em> </li> </ul>