Getting Quiet
The Fulling Management & Accounting team has started watching a new video series! Every week in our staff meetings, we watch a culture & leadership video to aid in our professional and personal development. The series we’re watching now is by Clay Scroggins and is based on his book How to Lead in a World of Distraction.
In this week’s video on Getting Quiet, Clay Scroggins asks if we have a practice in our life of getting quiet. Silence is uncomfortable but it’s also powerful. To be an emotionally healthy person, getting quiet has to become a part of our life. As the world gets louder and louder, it’s increasingly important to create a rhythm in our day to practice quiet.
Data has shown that great leaders take time in their day and year to stop, reflect, and be quiet. Here is how you can start a quieting practice:
Find a place. - Find a place of solitude and silence.
Some places of quiet that our team members have found are the living room, patio, next to the glow of a Christmas tree, in nature in the moonlight, in the car, and at a horse arena.
Find a time. - Find a time of day that allows you quiet down.
Times that the Fulling team has found helpful for quieting down are early in the morning before the family wakes up, the quiet of the night, during the kids’ pickup line at school, and waking up five minutes earlier each morning.
Get a plan. - What is something you can do that will help you quiet down? Journaling is a popular tool for quieting down your mind and body.
Some quieting activities the Fulling team uses are to sit in silence and be aware of one’s emotions, not have a plan, gain perspective, and read the Bible and consider an application from it. We liked Clay’s idea of considering “What do I want, need and surrender?”
What is a place of quiet for you?
What is a time of day that allows you to be quiet?
What questions would you consider to quiet your mind and body?