Are you going slow enough? (Episode 249)
The older I get, the more I take time to rest.
You could look at that as a weakness. Like I am an old “machine” that needs more downtime.
But I look at that as a strength.
Slowing down makes me more in-tuned with everything.
It can be a nap, an extra day off, or a 15-minute break to garden in the middle of the day before I go back to writing.
So, it was so refreshing and wonderful to see a conference include “resting” on the agenda.
At a conference I spoke to a few days ago, the organizers had set aside 20 minutes for the delegates to lie on soft mats in a room to just pause and land before the conference started.
It created a group that was calm, attentive and very present when it was my time to speak.
I would go so far to say that every conference would benefit of starting off with some kind of resting exercise to get the audience to “land”.
In a world that is pushing “hustle”, perhaps we need a bit more “grace” where people are not just moving fast, but moving with intention, clarity, and serenity.
To be able to do that we need to slow down.
Are you taking enough breaks in your life?
When everyone seems to be asking if you are going fast enough, ask yourself: Are you going slow enough?
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Apr