120: Slowing Down Isn’t Stopping

The John Poelstra Show

Sometimes we’re afraid to slow down because we’re afraid we’ll fail. What if the opposite is true?

Highlights

• Brad Solomon’s post on LinkedIn about slowing down inspired today’s thoughts
• What if you can’t slow down too much?
• The important distinction between slowing down and stopping
• Slowing down to speed up
• What would be possible for you if you slowed down, but didn’t stop?
• Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times by Dusan Djukich
  • Stop Stopping vs. Stopping: Chapter 6
• Maybe there isn’t a “right path” or “right track”–sometimes we waste more time trying to figure that out than actually getting somewhere
• Maybe you don’t need to know all the steps to start or keep going, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop
• Giving your “time and attention” to the things you are committed to
• Micro vs. macro commitments
• Where have you “stopped” in your life?
• What’s the smallest way you can start?
• “What haven’t you tried yet?”

Credits

• Original photo source

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