1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: And I've said this before, but I'll say it again. 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: The challenge is, we eat where we're meant to sleep. 3 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: We sleep where we're meant to work, and we work 4 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: where we're meant to eat. Right, We'll work on the 5 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: dinner table, we'll sleep on the couch, we will be 6 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 1: entertained watching a show in bed. And it's so confusing energetically, 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 1: it's so confusing for the mind. It's so confusing for 8 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:26,279 Speaker 1: the space, and it's confusing for our brain because we're 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: constantly glued to three devices in all different places. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: The Number one Health and Wellness podcast said Jay. 11 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: Said, Hey, everyone, welcome back to On Purpose. Thank you 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 1: so much for being here. I'm so deeply grateful that 13 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: you decided to tune in today. I want to thank 14 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: you all for listening every day, every week, every month. 15 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: It makes such a difference to know that our community 16 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: is growing. I know so many of you are sharing 17 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: episodes with friends, with family, with people that you're just 18 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: meeting and coming across, and I want to thank you 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: from the bottom of my heart for that. And I 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: want to thank the people that bumped into this week, 21 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: whether you met me at an airport, a street, a 22 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: restaurant wherever it was. Thank you for coming up and 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: saying hello. Thank you for sharing your on purpose story 24 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 1: with me. I'm deeply touched and I appreciate it so much. 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: Today's episode is all about speed pace time. How many 26 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: of you feel like time is just getting faster and 27 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: faster and faster as we get older, it feels like 28 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: time's flying like it never has before. The week goes by, 29 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: and you wonder where did it go? The month goes by, 30 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: and you wonder where did he go? And right now 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: you're thinking, how we already in May of twenty twenty four, 32 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: How we already getting to juwe of twenty twenty four? 33 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: How did this happen? Where did the time go? I 34 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: find myself asking myself this question. I find myself talking 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: to my friends about this. I find myself feeling like 36 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: something happened four years ago, five years ago, and then 37 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: I realized, actually it was just last year. Time truly 38 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: flies now. There are so many theories for this, there's 39 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: so many reasons for this. 40 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: Some reass suggests that when we're a child. 41 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: A week or a month feels like a huge part 42 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: of our life, whereas now as we get older, a 43 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: week or a month doesn't feel like any time at all. Right, 44 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: there's so many more things we have to process. Another 45 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 1: theory suggests that when we were younger, we had more unique, 46 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: novel experiences that we could get immersed in, whereas as adults, 47 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: we have routines, we have checklists, we have things that 48 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: we need to get done, and those experiences don't feel 49 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: like they last as long. And so time flies now, 50 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: whatever it may be, I think we've all had this experience. Well, 51 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: we wake up and we go I don't know where 52 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: the time's going. I don't know what's going on. Everything 53 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: feels so fast. And Gandhi has a famous quote that 54 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: says there's more to life than increasing its speed. And 55 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: I think we've all had that experience where our life 56 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: has got faster. We're moving more, we're maybe even doing more, 57 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: but we're being less We're more active, but less present. 58 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: We're more accelerated, and so our view is blurred. So 59 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: what I want to share with you today is how 60 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: to slow down and zoom out when things get too 61 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: busy and too fast. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stressed, 62 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: feeling a lot of pressure lately, this episode is for you. 63 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: If you feel like you're doing more than ever, you're 64 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: moving faster than ever. This episode is for you. And 65 00:03:56,120 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: if you're someone right now who's just feeling like everything 66 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: is feeling really heavy and you're feeling like there just 67 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: isn't any space, this episode is for you. Now, I'm 68 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: gonna be real with you, because I think we can 69 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: stay in this phase for years. Sometimes, right, this isn't 70 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 1: just something that crept up on us. Sometimes we find 71 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: that years have gone by feeling this way. So my 72 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: first insight that I want to share with you is, 73 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: wake up twenty minutes before you actually have to. The 74 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: experience of time begins from the moment. 75 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 2: You wake up. 76 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: So if your first thought when you wake up is 77 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: I'm late, I'm already late, I'm already behind, I'm already 78 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: you know, gonna miss that meeting, now, you're already living 79 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: in a feeling that you need to catch up with time. 80 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: You're already feeling behind the clock. And so our relationship 81 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: with time is really really interesting because our language and 82 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: our thoughts set how we feel. So if we say 83 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 1: things like, oh, I'm already behind, I'm already late, I'm 84 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: running late, right, I'm running out of time, and we 85 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: wake up with that feeling. That thought tends to repeat 86 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: itself for the rest of the day. And that's why 87 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: waking up twenty minutes before you have to, just twenty 88 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: minutes before you have to, and that time for you 89 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: is to do three things. I call this the three c's. 90 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: The first is to connect with yourself. Just take a 91 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: moment to check in with how you feel and what 92 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: you need today. What's the one thing you need to 93 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: do for yourself today to make it a great day. 94 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: The second see is your calendar. Take a look at 95 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 1: your schedule for the day. What's the one thing you 96 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: need to do today to make it a great day. 97 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: And then the final thing connect connect with someone else, 98 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: maybe a family member, a loved one. Check in with someone. 99 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: So connect with yourself, look at your calendar, and check 100 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: in with someone else. Those three things in that first 101 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: twenty minutes can give you the boost. And that check 102 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: in at the end could be sharing gratitude with someone, 103 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: could just be a message that you send to someone. 104 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: Wake up twenty minutes before you have to because what 105 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: you find is if you start your day slower mentally 106 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: and physically, you can maintain that momentum as. 107 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 2: It speeds up. 108 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 1: Often we think, oh, I need to slow down my 109 00:06:29,640 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: whole day, I need to cancel things. That's not sustainable. 110 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: We got a lot to do. I get it, I've 111 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 1: got a lot to do. But I find that waking 112 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: up earlier, just by twenty minutes, can start that process. 113 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: So for me, I'm really focused and always working on 114 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: how much I can wake up three hours before my 115 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 1: day starts. And that's something I've built up towards. I 116 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,680 Speaker 1: didn't always have that. That wasn't always something that I've practiced. 117 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,039 Speaker 1: And I completely understand with different people's travel schedules and 118 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: if you have kids, this is much more, much harder, 119 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: and I completely empathize with that. But I'm sharing this 120 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: as an idea of if you could wake up twenty 121 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: minutes before you have to before you need to, so 122 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: that you actually have twenty minutes of slow time. See, 123 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 1: most of us find that all of our time is 124 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: fast time because we have to be somewhere. We had 125 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: to be there yesterday. We had to solve that now, 126 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: and so we almost need to create more time where 127 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter where we are now. I find that 128 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: you can extend this into the weekend. I think if 129 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: you could have one Saturday a month that didn't have 130 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 1: a schedule. 131 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 2: Right. 132 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: I remember my mom having to take me to swimming 133 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 1: lessons and then having to take me off to play 134 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: sport or whatever it may have been, and I find 135 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: that we're often always on a schedule. And if you 136 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: think about what it was when we were kids, the 137 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: reason why time felt the way it did is because 138 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: we had so much playtime. Right, there's this beautiful quote 139 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: from George Bernard Shaw where he said that we don't 140 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: stop playing because we get old. We get old because 141 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: we stop playing. And to me, playtime means time without time. 142 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: It means having no time limit. It means having no schedule. 143 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: It means not feeling like you have to be somewhere 144 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:21,679 Speaker 1: at a certain time. Now, that may not be possible 145 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: on the weekdays, but imagine if you had one Saturday 146 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: a month, one Sunday a month, one day a month 147 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:28,120 Speaker 1: where that day. 148 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 2: Time didn't matter. 149 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: So waking up twenty minutes before you have to and 150 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: finding a day a month where time doesn't matter will 151 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: help you slow time right down. The second principle I 152 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: want to talk about is one device at a time. 153 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,080 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why time feels like it's so fast. 154 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: Is more often than not, we're engaged with three screens, 155 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: three devices. 156 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 2: So check this out. 157 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,160 Speaker 1: You have the TV on, then you and your partner 158 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: both have your laptops out doing some work, and then 159 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: you both have your phones next to you. So there's 160 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,440 Speaker 1: five screens in total, and you're looking at three screens each. 161 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: You've got your phone, you've got your laptop, and you've 162 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: got the screen on the wall. So now you've got 163 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: three devices. Imagine how much information that is to process. 164 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: Imagine how fast that is. So you've got the movement 165 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: of the characters on screen, You've got the movement of 166 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: the spreadsheet or the presentation in front of you on 167 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: your laptop, and you've got the movement of TikTok or 168 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: whatever you're scrolling through on your phone. You've got three 169 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: different things moving at the same time, and you're trying 170 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: to make sense of all of those, or even if 171 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,320 Speaker 1: you're not, your brain is. This is one of the 172 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: things I realize that you may be saying, Oh, well, 173 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: it's just in the background. Your brain is processing background noise, 174 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: background sound, And I'll get onto that in a second. 175 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,839 Speaker 1: But it's really important that if you want to slow 176 00:09:54,880 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: time down one device at a time, one device set 177 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: a time, either your laptop, your phone, or the screen. 178 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: Don't do all three at the same time. You're asking 179 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: for too much from your brain. You're asking for too 180 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: much to be processed, too much to be thought about, 181 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,400 Speaker 1: too much to be reflected on, too much to be 182 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: made sense of. So make a commitment with your partner 183 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: that if you're both watching something, you're going to watch something. 184 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: And the best way to do this is just to 185 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: create spaces. I call it no technology zones and no 186 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: technology times in your home. So I believe that the 187 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: dining room and the bedroom should be free of technology forever. 188 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: We should eat and sleep in those spaces. And I've 189 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: said this before, but I'll say it again. The challenge is, 190 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 1: we eat where we're meant to sleep, We sleep where 191 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: we're meant to work, and we work where we're meant 192 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: to eat. Right, we'll work on the dinner table, we'll 193 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: sleep on the couch, we will be entertained watching a 194 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: show in bed. And it's so confusing energetically, it's so 195 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,840 Speaker 1: confusing for the mind. It's so confused us for the space, 196 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: and it's confusing for our brain because we're constantly glued 197 00:11:05,960 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: to three devices in all different places. So making rules 198 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: with your partner and saying, look, the dining table, no 199 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: technology allowed. Right, the couch, only the TV screen. Okay, 200 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: in bed, we're gonna have no technology there right setting 201 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 1: these rules. Now, you are going to break these rules. 202 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: You are gonna make mistakes. I do all the time, 203 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: but I find that having the rule is healthier than 204 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,479 Speaker 1: not having the boundary. 205 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 2: Right. 206 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: Having the boundary, even if you break it, even if 207 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 1: you make mistakes, is a healthier place to be. 208 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, it's Jay here. 209 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: My wife and I have had so much fun creating 210 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: our own sparkling tea Juny, and I've got big news 211 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: for you. It's at Target, and we'd love your support. 212 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,680 Speaker 1: If you can go out grab a Juny. 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This segment is 221 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: sponsored by State Farm Life moves at such a fast 222 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: pace that we often don't take the proper time to 223 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,439 Speaker 1: celebrate it. We get so caught up in everyday tasks, work, 224 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: and personal issues that we forget to pause and take 225 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: a second to breathe and celebrate life. I recommend taking 226 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: at least five minutes each day and reminding yourself of 227 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: your accomplishments. Here are a few ways you can celebrate 228 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: life every day. 229 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: Be kind to others. 230 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: It can be as small as a compliment, opening the 231 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: door for someone or even covering someone's bill at the 232 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: grocery store. If you're really feeling generous, express gratitude toward 233 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: others will always go a long way. Be more meaningful 234 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: than you ever imagine. Highlight other people achievements. It can 235 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: be your boss, your team, colleagues, significant other, or a 236 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: family member. And do something you love every day, whether 237 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: it's playing video games, going on a walkout side. 238 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 2: Taking time for yourself. 239 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,959 Speaker 1: This year, I've made a commitment to myself to slow 240 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: down and celebrate all that is happening in my life. 241 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,959 Speaker 1: Both personally and professionally. In my professional life, it's easy 242 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: for me to quickly move from one thing to the next, 243 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,199 Speaker 1: so I've been mindful of taking a second to pause 244 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: and celebrate accomplishments with my team. Every week, we do 245 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: a weekly win session where we go around the team 246 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: and everyone shares what they've done that week while they've 247 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: achieved and it could. 248 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 2: Be something everyone knows about or something no one. 249 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: Knows about, but I've found that it makes a real 250 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: difference to everyone's morale and energy. In my personal life, 251 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 1: my focus has been on celebrating others, whether that be 252 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,880 Speaker 1: around someone's birthday, life achievement, or simply connecting and celebrating 253 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: their presence in my life. I've found myself even more 254 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: fulfilled when I focus on celebrating others than when I 255 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: celebrate things that are happening. I have found myself even 256 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: more fulfilled when I focus on celebrating others. There is 257 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,360 Speaker 1: a saying that talks about how when you give love 258 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: to others, you feel love. And celebrate others has proven 259 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: to me that this could be more true. State Farm 260 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: is also here to help you celebrate life's wins. The 261 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,840 Speaker 1: State Farm Personal Price Plan helps you create an affordable 262 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: price just for you. Talk to a state farm agent 263 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: today to learn how you can bundle and save with 264 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: the personal price plan. Like a good neighbor, state farm 265 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: is there. Prices are based on ratings plans that vary 266 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: by state. Coverage options are selected by the customer availability, 267 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:38,560 Speaker 1: amount of discounts and savings, and eligibility vary by state. 268 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: Step number three is to take a moment, take thirty 269 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: seconds when you enter a new room, when you enter 270 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: a new space, when you enter a new part of 271 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: your day. To engage all five senses. So most of 272 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: us are purely relying on our eyes to see. We're 273 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 1: quite visual, lead oriented, and we don't really engage all 274 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,720 Speaker 1: of our senses. But how many times have you been 275 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: walking past something and you smell something incredible and all 276 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden you're present. How many times have you 277 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: walking about something and you hear something and you go, oh, 278 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: that's interesting, I want to know more about that. Imagine 279 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,720 Speaker 1: if you engaged all five senses in a room you 280 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: want to be in. So if you're feeling distracted, you're 281 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,080 Speaker 1: running from meeting to meeting, even if you're running from 282 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,239 Speaker 1: zoom meeting to zoom meeting and you're feeling quite disconnected. 283 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: If you're feeling kind of flustered, take a moment to 284 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 1: practice this technique. It's known as the five four three 285 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 1: two one technique. Five things you can see. Look around 286 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: the room and look at five colors, shades, shapes. Just 287 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: look around right now. What are five things? Look at 288 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: the colors, the shades, the shapes, the design, and look 289 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: at them more consciously than you normally would now. Four 290 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 1: things you can touch, maybe the clothes you're wearing, the 291 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: desk you're at, the texture, feel it, notice it closer 292 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 1: than you usually would now. Three things you can hear, 293 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: Two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste. 294 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: Notice how quickly you become physically present mentally present when 295 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: your senses are all engaged. And notice how usually when 296 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: we walk into a room, we might be listening to 297 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: the person in front of us and we might be 298 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,119 Speaker 1: looking at them, but our sense of smell is not engaged. 299 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: We don't feel that we're engaged through a sense of 300 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 1: touch and not through a sense of taste. Engage all 301 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: five senses. Now, this next one's really really important, and 302 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: I'll tell you why, and it's about safety. 303 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 2: But on a. 304 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: Mindfulness level, on a slowing down level, it's about being 305 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:05,199 Speaker 1: present and conscious obey the speed limit if you have 306 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 1: to drive. One of the ways we feel the most rush. 307 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: One of the ways we feel the most out of 308 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: time is when we're driving. So most of us who 309 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: are driving fast, we're not only causing, of course, potential 310 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: risk for others and ourselves. But what we don't realize 311 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: is that's what we feel it. We're like, I'm gonna 312 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: shave off two minutes. Is it worth taking the risk 313 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: that two people may lose their lives if we shaved 314 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 1: off two minutes? And I know we feel it by 315 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: the way, I feel really proud right when you feel like, 316 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: oh it's going to take me thirty minutes to get there, 317 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: I did it in twenty six. Are those four minutes 318 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: worth the risk of what you may have to experience 319 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 1: because of those four minutes. 320 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 2: Will those four minutes change your life? They won't. 321 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 1: But will those four minutes potentially cost someone else. 322 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:58,480 Speaker 2: To their life? 323 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,959 Speaker 1: Yes? And you There was this amazing video that I 324 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: saw years ago on social media, and it was a 325 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: video where they interviewed teens about how many of them 326 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: are able to text and drive, and all these texters 327 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: and drivers were like, yep, I can text and drive 328 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: sometimes have one phone in one hand, and the interviewer 329 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: was encouraging them to be like, wow, that's pretty impressive 330 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: and tell us more stories. They then brought in an 331 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:33,160 Speaker 1: individual who shared their story. Their story was they lost 332 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: a family member because of someone who was texting and driving, 333 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,440 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, all these texts and drivers, 334 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: most of them teens early twenties, started to Yeah. I 335 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: mean a lot of them were crying, a lot of 336 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,919 Speaker 1: them were feeling terrible. A lot of them were, you know, 337 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: a little bit shocked. And I think it's so important 338 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: for us to realize that shaving four minutes off isn't 339 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:00,760 Speaker 1: going to change our life, but it could change someone else's. 340 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:05,080 Speaker 1: And I think on a deeper level, from a mindfulness 341 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: point of view, when we're driving at the speed limit, 342 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: we're actually really present. We have to be focused, we 343 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 1: have to be there, and that slows things down because 344 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: we're no longer trying to rush, we're no longer trying 345 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:22,399 Speaker 1: to achieve that shaving off of time. And cars are 346 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 1: a place where I know a lot of you listen 347 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: to the podcast, and I think that's amazing that you're 348 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: using that time to feel like you're growing and learning 349 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: and hopefully not feeling like, oh, I need to rush 350 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: out of this situation scenario right now. The next step 351 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: I want to share with you is being present with 352 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: your breath. And one of my favorite practices I do 353 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: this throughout the day is breathing in for four and 354 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: out for four. What I find is that most of 355 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: our stress and tension is experienced when our mind is 356 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: ahead of our body, or our bodies ahead of our mind. 357 00:19:57,800 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: How many of you have ever. 358 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: Woken up in the morning and you're your mind is 359 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: racing so many thoughts on your body is like, oh, 360 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 1: I just want to be in bed, or you experience 361 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: the opposite. Your body's running around, but your mind is saying, 362 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 1: I can't do this right now. And so when we 363 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: breathe in for four and out for four, we count one, 364 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: two three four as we inhale, and we count one 365 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: two three four as we exhale. 366 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:26,440 Speaker 2: Try it with me right now. 367 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 3: In two three four out two three four in two 368 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 3: three four out two three four. 369 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: The simple act of inhaling and exhaling for the same count. 370 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: The mind is counting and our breath is moving with it, 371 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,720 Speaker 1: so we're aligning the body and the mind through this 372 00:20:56,840 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: simple practice. Anytime you feel tension, it's because your body 373 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: or mind is a head or behind one or the other, 374 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 1: and this simple activity just brings them back into alignment. 375 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: I do this when I walk into a meeting. I 376 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,919 Speaker 1: do this before a phone call. I do this before 377 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 1: I read or send a stressful email. I do this 378 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: before the workday and after the workday. This is a 379 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 1: simple practice that we can do throughout the day to 380 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: be reconnected with our breath and our body, to be 381 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:29,200 Speaker 1: present once again in our breath and our body. Step 382 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: number four. This one is one that I learned many 383 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: years ago. Now, it was when I moved to New York. 384 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 1: So I moved to New York in twenty sixteen, and 385 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 1: I used to find that by. 386 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 2: The end of the day I was exhausted. 387 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: Now, I've worked in London, I grew up in London, 388 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: and so I've been in a busy city during my 389 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: month years. I spent time in Mumbai, and Mumbai is 390 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: a very busy city. 391 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 2: But there was. 392 00:21:55,480 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 1: Something about New York where I would feel exhausted at 393 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 1: the end of the day, and I didn't have the energy. 394 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:04,879 Speaker 2: Really to go out. 395 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 1: And there were a lot of things related to that. 396 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: For sure, maybe I wasn't on the right vitamins and supplements, 397 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 1: which I think make a huge difference. There were many reasons, 398 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,400 Speaker 1: but one of the things that I looked into, which 399 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: I saw made a big difference to me, was that 400 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 1: I didn't spend any time in silence. Now, I did 401 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: my meditation, but I didn't really prioritize silence throughout the day. 402 00:22:26,280 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: Now research has shown that when you're in longer periods, 403 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: extended periods of silence, it increases your brain cells and 404 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: therefore helps you be more focused and productive, and it 405 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:44,960 Speaker 1: helps you relax and slow down. And what happens is 406 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: that our brains experienced something known as cognitive load. So 407 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 1: cognitive load is the amount your brain as to process. 408 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,639 Speaker 1: And when I was in New York, I realized that 409 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 1: my brain was constantly processing the road works, the cars, 410 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,320 Speaker 1: the siren, the horns, the noise, the people are everything. 411 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 1: So what happened was that my brain was always active. 412 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: Because even if you don't think you're consciously trying to 413 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,600 Speaker 1: make sense of it, your brain is. 414 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 2: And so especially if. 415 00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 1: You live in a noisy city, especially if you live 416 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: in a noisy area, it's so important to practice audio hygiene, 417 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: which means spending time in silence, turning on those noise 418 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: canceling headphones and not when you're outdoors, of course, not 419 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 1: don't want any danger, but spending time indoors. And there's 420 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: such a need to prioritize silence, right, because what's happening 421 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: is that we're getting so mentally fatigued, not just because 422 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: of the work you're doing on what you're trying to process, 423 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: but because of all the background noise your mind is 424 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: trying to process. Your brain is trying to process. This 425 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 1: also applies to music. Now, certain music is soothing and 426 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 1: helps you focus. It might be jazz, it might be 427 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: classical music, it might be instrumentals, but there's certain music 428 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: that in engages you a little more. And if you're 429 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: constantly engaging your brain and engaging your mind and there's 430 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: no time to disengage, disconnect and be in silence, we're 431 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 1: actually creating more speed in our minds. 432 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 2: Right, We're creating. 433 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: More speed in our minds because our minds are constantly 434 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: trying to process and are never getting a break. 435 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,240 Speaker 2: This next one is probably one of my favorite ones. 436 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: And it's because I've felt the benefits a lot, both 437 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: in La where I live and in New York where 438 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,239 Speaker 1: I used to live. And I felt it recently when 439 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,399 Speaker 1: I was in Bhutan. Now, Bhutan's a phenomenal country. You 440 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: might have heard me mention it before here on the podcast. 441 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: It's landlocked between Indian and China. It's a small country, 442 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: but it's primarily nature. I mean when we went there, 443 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,160 Speaker 1: I didn't see a restaurant, I didn't see a mall, 444 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: I didn't see a cinema. Like it was really like 445 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: it felt like it went back in time. But I 446 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,400 Speaker 1: felt this beautiful or slowness when I was there. And 447 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:08,879 Speaker 1: I was looking into this and Ricardo Carrera, who's at 448 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: a university in Finland, he discovered that being in nature 449 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: changes how we experience time and actually gives us a 450 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 1: sensation or a feeling of time abundance. So Carrera's research 451 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:30,360 Speaker 1: looked at comparing people's experiences of time when they were 452 00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: in the city and when they were in nature, and 453 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: what it consistently showed is that when people were in nature, 454 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: their sense of time was slower and more meaningful. So 455 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: what was really remarkable though, is that he found that 456 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: people are more likely to see a walk in the 457 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 1: countryside is longer than a walk in the city. And 458 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 1: he also found that what's really interesting as well is 459 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: that other research suggests that when we're in nature we're 460 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:06,439 Speaker 1: also able to zoom out, whereas when we're in the city, 461 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 1: we're kind of zoomed in, and so we can't see 462 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: the bigger picture, we can't get perspective. And I think 463 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: a big part of this for me is because nature 464 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: itself is slow. Right, when something's growing in nature, it 465 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 1: doesn't happen overnight. If you see something in nature eating, 466 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't eat it really fast. It's a slow process. 467 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: When you see the leaves slowly start to go beautiful 468 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,520 Speaker 1: in the fall, like that doesn't happen overnight. And so 469 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: I feel like the pace of nature. And remember, we 470 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: are nature, right, we are nature. We're natural. So moving 471 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:45,360 Speaker 1: at the pace of nature is far more normal than 472 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: moving at the pace of technology. If you think about 473 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: the difference between climbing a tree and taking an elevator, 474 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: there are two things humans wanted to do. Is to 475 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: gain elevation. But if you get into an elevator and 476 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: you go up or you climb a tree. 477 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 2: Climbing a tree takes longer. 478 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: It's naturally it engages touch, it engages your sense of 479 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: height you're looking down. I literally am in a hotel 480 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: right now and it's pretty trippy. I'm in Atlantaism recording 481 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 1: this and literally it's so high and when you get 482 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: I went to the forty seventh floor today and I 483 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: look down and it is so trippy. If you've seen 484 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: the TV show on Apple called Silo, it's literally like 485 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,760 Speaker 1: they've built a city underground in Silo. 486 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: This feels like that, but. 487 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: It's overground, and it's so trippy when you look down 488 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,960 Speaker 1: because it's just stairs and it's every floor that you 489 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 1: can see. And the reason I'm saying this is because 490 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: when you're going up in an elevator, you don't actually 491 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 1: know you're not choosing the pace. There's no senses involved, 492 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: you're not making meaning out of it, and so it 493 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 1: just moves so fast, Whereas when you're climbing a tree, 494 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:58,359 Speaker 1: there's effort, there's focus. So I'm not saying we have 495 00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: to climb a tree to get to the top of 496 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: a building. I'm saying when we spend more time in nature, 497 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 1: we get more accustomed to a pace that suits us, 498 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 1: that feels natural to us, that allows us to zoom out. 499 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: When we're spending time in nature, we're less reactive, we're 500 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:18,119 Speaker 1: less impulsive because it doesn't work that way right. We 501 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,639 Speaker 1: can't process it all. And I've shared with you some 502 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,719 Speaker 1: tips here today. So wake up twenty minutes before you 503 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,640 Speaker 1: have to and set one day a month where there 504 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: is no schedule or time. Remember to be on only 505 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 1: one device set of time, and to set no technology 506 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: zones and no technology times in your home. Engage all 507 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: five senses. When you're in a space and you're feeling flustered, 508 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: stick to the speed limit. Breathe in for four and 509 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: out for four to align your body and mind. Find 510 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 1: and create moments of silence, focusing on the cognitive load, 511 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: and observe and be present in nature. I really hope 512 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: this helps you slow down in a fast world. I 513 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: really hope this helps you zoom out in a world 514 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: where we're constantly pulled in. And I want you to 515 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: remember that I'm always rooting for you and I'm forever 516 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: in your corner. Thank you for listening. Leave a review. 517 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,560 Speaker 1: Shared this episode with a friend. Go back in and 518 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: listen to all the other way Of over five hundred episodes. 519 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: Available to you right now, I appreciate you. 520 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: Remember I'm always in your corner and I'm forever rooting 521 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: for you. If you love this episode, you will also 522 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: love my interview with Charles Douhig on how to hack 523 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: your brain, change any habit effortlessly, and the secret to 524 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,240 Speaker 1: making better decisions. 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