Why You Need More Silence in Your Life

Posted on: Oct 02, 2014

Categories: Uncategorized

After having been a mime for 25 years, I have a true appreciation of the power of silence.

Silence is hard to come by in our world today. No matter where you are, your cell phone follows you with tweets and texts and calls. Televisions blare in the background of waiting rooms and restaurants. Garbage trucks and ambulances go roaring up the road. We live in a noisy era.

But when you do take the time to find a quiet place, to turn your phone off, and to sit in silence for five minutes, you’ll be amazed at what you start to hear. For some of you this will be brutal, but just try to imagine a calm, quiet place, such as a riverbank, a forest, or a favorite childhood memory. This week, I want you to take five minutes a day and invest it yourself, to reflect on what it is you truly want in your life. Five minutes is not too much time to spend on yourself, and this time spent in silence is what will take you to your goals.

This week, sit in silence and work out where you want to go, evaluate how you’re spending your time, who you are allowing to have a major role in your life, or what you want to be different in one year from today.

Try it out for a week, and make sure to hit reply or comment below to tell me how it’s going.

 

You Might Also Like

Mime posing in the spotlight on stage

Why Every Leader Should Learn to Mime

I’ve had the privilege of working with dozens of Fortune 500 companies in my speaking career. For all that these businesses are doing right and for all of their ingenuity, I’m always disheartened to hear…

Read More

Starting 2015 the Right Way

Happy New Year! I hope you celebrated in style last night and gave 2015 the welcome it deserves. Most of us have the day off today—perhaps to recover from some overzealous celebrating last…

Read More

Why is the iPhone 6 So Massive?

I don’t have the answer to that, but I sure hope that the Apple employee behind it knows exactly why they designed a tablet-phone hybrid. The most important question you can ever ask is “Why?” You…

Read More