016: A Very Important Lesson from a Very Awkward Experience
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Welcome to 2024 as our exceptional host, Adrienne Weimer, shares a vital life and business lesson that she learned in an unexpected place. While attempting to do the splits in a yoga class, Adrienne was encouraged to slow down to make the stretch easier. She followed the instruction, and after easing into a deeper stretch that she previously thought to be impossible, a revelation dawned on her about the power of pumping the brakes in life and business. In today’s episode, Adrienne walks us through everything she learned from doing the splits and how it pertains to business, including an understanding of why many of us resist slowing down in business, how moving too fast can steal the fun from entrepreneurship, how savoring each moment leads to gratitude, and how to apply what Adrienne learned in a yoga class to your growing business. We end with a reminder of the time-tested and true philosophy that all good things, including real progress and transformation, take time.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Adrienne’s yoga class brought about an unexpected yet vital life lesson.
- What she learned about slowing down from attempting the splits.
- Assessing why we resist taking our time in business.
- Building gratitude; why it matters to savor the moment.
- How moving too fast can take the joy out of running your business.
- The changes Adrienne has made in her business after her yoga class revelation.
- A call to take a look at your business and identify the challenges that you could be savoring.
- Why true progress and transformation take time.
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