Shade Zahrai

It also became a superpower because by watching, I was able to emulate and learn much faster.

And we'd stay up there in our comfort zone.

On occasion, by the third, fourth, fifth time we went, we'd go down and practice with the professionals and then retreat up with the other beginners.

But that idea of having a balcony that you can turn to, to get out of the chaos of what's going on underneath is really powerful.

And we need to take that idea into our lives as well, because life is chaotic.

Life is busy.

We have all these goals.

We have all these things we need to do.

We have these people who need us and these places we need to get to.

And then there's also just getting food on the table for yourself, for your family.

There's a lot going on and it can feel very unsafe and unsettling, even though it's quite predictable.

But when you have that desire within you where your cups are overflowing, it's going to feel quite unsafe.

And that's why we often have that undercurrent of anxiety, that cortisol fueled activity, the overthinking, the inability to sleep,

know the dopamine addiction these are all ways to distract ourselves from what's really happening and so i encourage people to create perspective in their lives by creating their own balcony moments to pull yourself out of the chaos of the day-to-day have that moment to reflect to zoom out and notice and identify patterns what is going well what is not where are my cups at and which cup do i need to put down for a while

and so for some people when we speak to a lot of leaders or a lot of entrepreneurs they will carve out time with their partner maybe on a sunday afternoon they'll have an hour where they talk about them and their relationship and their week to come i know other people who have kids who will use it also as an opportunity to say okay who's taking this kid to swimming who's going to do this they do that together other people who are entrepreneurs on their own will just reflect on okay what does my last week look like what does this week look like how am i feeling about things

Do I feel like I need to reach out to someone for help?

Am I feeling quite lonely?

Do I need to up my exercise?

Do I need to shift my exercise to something more high intensity, low intensity?

It just gives you that ability to take that step back, zoom out.