{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 23 - PPP: The Power of the Purposeful Pause","description":" A great thinker, Ferris Bueller, once said \u201cLife moves pretty fast.  If you don\u2019t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it.\u201d  If only Ferris knew how fast life would move in 2021 compared to 1986.  While the world continues to get faster and faster, we are submitting a campaign for slowing down.  One of the problems we as humans face is an inability to react both quickly and rationally\u2026.consistently.    What happens when conflict emerges or the unexpected occurs and our desire to defend kicks in?  Typically, we don\u2019t stop, process, and then respond.  Rather, we respond and then possibly reflect back on that response when the dust settles.    We quickly send emails stating our position or opposition (usually with some bold or underlined words and a few exclamation points).  We vent on social media and then rush to delete the post once cooler heads prevail.  And we interrupt mid-sentence because our thought most certainly is much more insightful compared to that of the person speaking.    Periodically, we talk about the myth of servant leadership as a weaker form of leadership.  We think a similar myth extends to the soft-spoken or oft unspoken.  While their approach may lean to the softer side, their words and tactics can have a significant impact.  Where others feel they need to say more to be heard, some actually say more with less or realize that not everything warrants an immediate response.       In a fast-moving world, we tend to yell louder than the next person in order to be heard.  But are we actually hearing anything at all?    Slow is fast.  As leaders, we need to learn to get the ball in our glove before throwing it to first base.    It\u2019s true we don\u2019t always have the time to fully process in the moment, but are we processing at all?  Are moments just that, or are we making them out to be bigger?  Conversely, do we respond to single act without knowing the full context of the person or situation?      The purposeful pause can give us time to regulate our emotions, to consider other perspectives, and to be curious in a way that avoids assumption or quick judgment.  This simple act can be very difficult to incorporate into our daily interactions, but it can also be the thing that moves us from simple interaction to meaningful conversation and continual learning.    Utilizing the purposeful pause doesn\u2019t have to grind things to a screeching halt.  In fact, once you\u2019ve learned to use it well, you may discover that you actually go slow faster than most.  ","author_name":"Leadership Insight with Rising Sun","author_url":"http:\/\/risingsun.libsyn.com\/website","html":"