Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Sua, episode

2029. Today's a simple reminder that sometimes breakthroughs don't come from pushing harder,

but rather they come from pausing long enough to see the bigger picture. Stillness is a strategic practice that ensures your next step

is the right one. It is easy to have your foot on the gas all the time. Go, go, go, work harder,

push harder, give more effort, grind harder. And there are times where that is

beneficial. There are times where that you need to push through the plateaus. But not all the time.

There are moments where the best thing to do is to stop. The best thing to do is to pause and to keep things in perspective,

to take the long view. There are moments where you don't need a prescription, but rather

a perspective. And by taking a strategic pause and being still, what bubbles up sometimes is a better idea, a better approach.

Maybe you'll realize that maybe this isn't the mountain you need to climb.

Maybe the best action is no action.

And so my invitation to you is to take some time to be still

to put the shovel down and to pause to really assess where you're headed and ask yourself

do i need to put my foot on the gas or do i need to put my foot on the break