Think Parachutes
To help increase the chances of a successful jump - canopy parachutes are required to be aired for twenty–four hours each sixty to ninety days. This procedure provides the material with an opportunity to breath, to get oxygen and to get life back into the material. Whilst it may be considered a safety procedure it is essentially rejuvenating the material.
The word rejuvenation is derived from Latin meaning to revitalise, revive, refresh and exhilarate. In the realm of parachuting this planned procedure is considered vital and one that enhances self-preservation by minimising the consequences of a faulty parachute.
When applied to personal and professional life, the principle of “Think Parachutes” (rejuvenation) helps establish a basis upon which people can achieve a quantum leap in both professional performance and personal satisfaction.
Research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, “Workplace issues 2006’ indicated that people operating in today’s, electronically connected knowledge world want time… for rejuvenation and focus.
A survey of this nature carries one inherent paradox. The paradox is that whilst individuals have all the time that there is available in the world, the one resource that seven out of ten people claimed they didn’t have…. was enough time.
Two points are worth noting. One is that in a 24 hour electronically connected global economy where reported cases of stress, conflict, anxiety and burnout continue to spiral, the need for, and importance of time to engage in rejuvenation is absolutely vital. The other is that time is something that you take. Nobody can ever give you more time than you have – all they can do is take it away – if you let them.
Think Parachutes, an abstract theme, means think time and think rejuvenation.