There is no substitute for daily practice. Real change comes from consistent, patient, disciplined, daily focus on new behavior.
Want to learn to patiently listen during difficult conversations with employees? A daily practice of meditation will help you master your impulsive mind and body, so that when you do feel an adrenaline rush and want to burst out with exactly the wrong statement, you’ll have the capacity to take a pause, calm down and keep listening. How long does a person have to meditate daily before being able to do this well? At least a year.
Do you suffer from stage fright? The best thing to do is to train your body and your brain to be comfortable on the stage. You do this by being on stages a lot. By doing breathing and grounding practices. By meditating. And if you need it, by using hypnosis or EMDR. Each of these practices works, but none of them works instantly.
When you commit to any type of daily practice, the rewards are not immediately apparent, but it’s what works with your physiology. All lasting change is made incrementally, in tiny steps taken every day.
Incremental change has staying power. When you commit to a daily practice, your body and brain remake themselves. The results are real. Just keep going, grasshopper!
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