After a banner year in 2006, Michelle Wie, the young female golf pro lost her edge.  She kept practicing but wasn’t improving.

According to the NY Times, she returned to superstar status after a friend, a neuroscience major at Duke, told her that she was too focused on her left brain (March 30, 2010).  She needed to integrate that technical, intellectual side with her more creative, intuitive right side of her brain.  She started drawing and painting magnificent pictures and before long, her golf game improved.

What is the takeaway for us business leaders and entrepreneurs?  Find your intuitive, creative side.  Perhaps it’s pure creativity- painting, cooking new dishes, playing piano and so on.  Or, perhaps, it’s a different form of soul time- walking in nature, doing yoga, getting massages, etc.  Whatever it is for you, don’t neglect it.  Honor it.  Make time for it.

I know that when I make my soul time and self-care a priority, my business and my happiness improves. Yours will too!