๐ŸŽ‰ Todayโ€™s a special day, itโ€™s my birthday! It also happens to be ChatGPTโ€™s birthday as well. ๐ŸŽ‚

Like I do with most of my weekends, Iโ€™m spending it surrounded by my kids, friends, and family. (๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ )

๐€ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข ๐Ÿ‘‹. I may not get back to you all today, but Iโ€™ll catch up soon donโ€™t worry!

This is also a little reminder for those of us who tend to give a lot: Take time for yourself. I know people tell us this and it sounds good, yetโ€ฆ We donโ€™t do it. So Iโ€™m just giving that reminder too… ๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. Sometimes, the best gift we can give ourselves is just that being present.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ.

๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›โ€™๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ โ€œ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ -๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’-๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก-๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”โ€. ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข.

๐ถโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐Ÿป
-๐ท๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘” ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›

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However, since itโ€™s my birthday and itโ€™s the weekend. Here is a funny picture, and also a great thought experiment on how to build velocity into your own efforts. ๐Ÿ˜ Again – โ€œI thank you allโ€

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Doug Shannon, a top 50 global leader in intelligent automation, shares regular insights from his 20+ years of experience in digital transformation, AI, and self-healing automation solutions for enterprise success.