Summary of Business Pathfinder Podcast Episode: Ep. 5: Pause the Hustle
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Scaling a business demands intense focus, time, and energy Prioritizing self-care and setting boundaries is crucial to avoid burnout Simple self-care activities, such as morning pages and exercise, can lead to increased energy and motivation
Committing to self-care activities for at least a month can help in flourishing, especially when scaling a business Andrea, scaling her real estate business, is struggling with time management and scheduling while working from home with a seven and a half month old baby and a puppy Kristin emphasizes the importance of prioritizing self-care and setting boundaries to avoid burnout
Taking time for oneself, like going on a walk without a phone, can facilitate inner clarity and restoration Having alone time in nature can help in finding what is needed by listening to oneself The speaker encourages setting aside time for oneself, prioritizing self-care, and listening to one's internal voice
It's important to make time for oneself and prioritize wellbeing in order to thrive in life.
Ep. 5: Pause the Hustle
Key Takeaways
- Scaling a business demands intense focus, time, and energy.
- Prioritizing self-care and setting boundaries is crucial to avoid burnout.
- Taking time for oneself, like going on a walk without a phone, can facilitate inner clarity and restoration.
- Simple self-care activities, such as morning pages and exercise, can lead to increased energy and motivation.
- Committing to self-care activities for at least a month can help in flourishing, especially when scaling a business.
Embrace the Intensity and Curiosity
- Andrea is scaling her real estate business and like most people who are scaling a business, it's requiring a lot of intense focus, time and energy.
- Every human being who's ever lived has faced being stuck at some point in their life, like Andrea is in this session.
- According to the Quakers, allowing way to appear really demands a period of wondering, of curiosity, of waiting.
- The direction that Andrea and I landed on as we were hacking through the tall grass of this coaching session with our machetes was not at all what I expected.
Prioritize Self-Care and Set Boundaries
- Andrea is struggling with time management and scheduling while working from home with a seven and a half month old baby and a puppy.
- Kristin emphasizes the importance of prioritizing self-care and setting boundaries to avoid burnout.
- Kristin suggests that Andrea goes on a 20-minute walk without her phone to focus on restoring herself and getting back in touch with her body.
- Andrea mentions a nearby park and a beautiful nature preserve where she can go for a walk.
Keep Your Notebook Handy
- Having a notebook and pen readily accessible increases the likelihood of recording ideas.
- Keeping them in a fanny pack or pocket ensures easy access throughout the day.
- This practice supports the creation of a new future life.
Set Boundaries for Family Time
- After doing this for a week or two, you'll feel more energized and have more energy for people in your life and business.
- We can only have our energy sucked so much until we just go, uncle, and then we get sick.
- You need to set boundaries and make time for family life, otherwise you're gonna drive yourself nuts.
Trust the teaching, embrace resistance
- When we have a teacher in our life, we often argue with them because they're trying to teach us something. And we may feel resistant to that teaching, but it's usually a teaching that we need to hear.
- Having alone time in nature can help in finding what is needed by listening to oneself. The answers bubble up, but if we're on our phone, or we have somebody speaking into us, reading a book, they might not. It's hard for them to come through that noise. It's about just trusting that whatever wants to come through will come through, and nothing may come through some days, and that is just fine. Regardless, you're getting what you need.
- You can't get what you need if you don't give yourself what you need, right? It opens the floodgates for the flow to begin to happen in our work life. It's powerful. You're really checking in with yourself. Like you're, you're at the top of your to-do list. Everything else will become clear after that. This is about you taking care of you and then from that place the miraculous can occur truly.
- Just thinking about something soulful and restorative can already bring restoration and soulfulness and peace. Like that's how powerful it is.
Trust the wise internal voice
- The speaker emphasizes the importance of acknowledging someone's efforts and giving them credit for their insights and efforts.
- They express the humbling experience of realizing that someone has been right all along, and the impact of acknowledging this fact.
- The speaker encourages setting aside time for oneself, prioritizing self-care, and listening to one's internal voice.
- They highlight the significance of creating space for being present and allowing oneself to feel emotions, as well as the power of simply being instead of constantly doing.
- The speaker suggests that walking can be beneficial for clearing the mind and facilitating inner clarity.
Prioritize Self-Care for Business Growth
- The organization of thoughts can lead to the organization of a schedule, allowing for the release of worry and stress.
- It's important to make time for oneself and prioritize wellbeing in order to thrive in life.
- Simple self-care activities, such as morning pages and exercise, can help in flourishing.
- Committing to self-care activities for at least a month can lead to increased energy and motivation, especially when scaling a business.
- Taking time for oneself is crucial, especially when juggling business growth and childcare.