An Open Letter on the Power of Stillness

We have an addiction to constant activity. I know because I have lived most of my life this way and everyone I know does too.

We equate more meetings, more notifications, more vacations, and more possessions with more value and more life.

I’ve learned something important on my leadership journey. What if this constant motion is just a shield? It may hide a deeper truth: everything we seek could be found in the stillness we often avoid.

The Power of Being Still

Like many of us, I believed more activity would lead to more achievement.

If I could just do more, plan more, get more, I’d finally arrive at that elusive place called “enough” and then I could relax.

We chase fulfillment through endless productivity and constant optimization.

What if this feeling is not guiding us to do more, but to something entirely different?

Our world celebrates constant motion. Stillness isn’t just the lack of noise. It’s where our greatest power comes from.

It’s where my best work originates, my clearest decisions emerge, and my best ideas come from.

It’s in moments of genuine quiet that we can hear a voice beyond the voice in our head and access the kind of clarity beyond the mind.

Start small. Notice the spaces between your thoughts. Feel the weight of your hands on your desk. Listen to the silence beneath the noise.

These are practical tools for accessing a different kind of intelligence.

The world doesn’t need more busy people. It needs people who can remain calm in chaos.

People who understand that power comes from knowing when to be still, and it’s available everywhere anytime. We simply need to notice it.

The noise isn’t going anywhere. But your relationship with it can change. And in that change lies all the difference and incredible power.

Start Now

Start now. Be still. Even for a moment. It can be as simple as enjoying your next breath. And in observing that breath, comes real power.

In the stillness, try something that ancient wisdom traditions have long understood: call upon something greater than yourself.

This isn’t about religion – it’s about acknowledging that there’s more to reality than our busy minds can grasp.

Whether you call it God, Source, Higher Self, or simply Truth doesn’t matter. What matters is the recognition that stillness isn’t just about stopping. It’s about connecting.

When you quiet the noise, you’re not just creating an absence. You’re creating a space for presence.

Like a radio tuning into a clearer frequency, stillness allows you to hear what’s always been broadcasting beneath the static of constant activity.

This is why the most effective leaders often have a practice of connecting to something beyond themselves.

They understand that true power doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from aligning with something larger.

In stillness, we’re not just pausing – we’re plugging into a deeper source of wisdom and energy.

This is what my colleagues and I will be exploring in Awakening the Inner Leader, a live session on February 25. If this resonates, you’re invited. Join the conversation → here.

Enjoy your next breath ～