What Would it Look Like to Listen?

The Enlightened Entrepreneur

Time is the one thing that levels the playing field. No matter how much money you have, no matter what your life looks like, we all have the same 1440 minutes in the day. It’s about how we choose to fill our time, and what our experience with those minutes is like.

As we grow, evolve, and mature, the expectation for work to be our top priority is maintained or even increases. As we come up the ladder, we think every new accomplishment is going to free us in some way, when it actually requires us to take on more responsibility and robs us of time. This also remains true even when you become an entrepreneur. However, if you truly want to achieve something deeper and more meaningful for yourself, instead of ramping up, you have to slow down.

In this episode Elizabeth shares:

• What it’s like to have outside expectations to rush
• Why full agency doesn’t equal freedom
• The value of slowing down and noticing what’s around you
• Why it’s important to take time to listen
• “Stop making, stop doing, stop thinking and just listen”

It’s so easy to miss the journey that we’re on and the moment that we’re inside of. We have tunnel vision for the to-do list and for where the anxiety takes over. I encourage you to get Mark Nepo’s book if it speaks to you. What would it be like today to take 5 minutes and listen to someone you love? To listen to a coworker you may not totally love? Or to listen to a complete stranger?

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Book of Awakening

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