The Mentor | #22 | Solitude

The Mentor | #22 | Solitude

If it’s easy, you don’t want it. - Unknown

It is easy to be busy. In fact, it’s the easiest thing to do. Slow day at work? Get on social media, and now you are busy. Quiet drive to the office? Turn on a podcast and get busy.

There is a significant difference between busy and productive. Often, the most productive thing you can do is slow down and be less busy.

Easy to say, hard to do.

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If you force yourself to quiet your mind, new ideas will develop. The productivity comes from the lack of busyness.

Solitude

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Great leaders are independent thinkers. Independent thinking rarely emerges in the noise.

Solitude and Leadership

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Fear is a bully. Busyness is too. Sometimes you just have to pause. 

Listen

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