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?”

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