Today’s episode is part one of my conversation with David Bartholomeusz of Entrepreneurs' Organization. David is a serial entrepreneur known for his explorations in behavioral economics and applied evolutionary psychology.  He has a particular interest in habitat systems and the organic growth of communities. Today we explore some unconventional and conventional ways of finding your quiet voice. 

David uses a story from his youth to illustrate how he found his quiet place and how that helps him be better prepared for challenges in his life.  Growing up in a small town in Australia, he believed his only path to a future would be through the military. After attending cadet school, an Academy Psychologist worked to convince him otherwise.  Angry and discouraged, David had to allow the quiet in, in order to accept that the psychologist was correct and that the university path was the correct one.  

Through this experience, David learned that it’s in these challenging times, the quiet you find can help you the most. One key takeaway from this conversation was that meditation can then help you transcend into finding a quiet space when you're out of meditation too.  That is, assuming you’re open to accepting it. Be sure to check back in a couple of weeks for part two of my conversation with David. 

Show Highlights

• Advice doesn’t always come from who you expect, oftentimes non-traditional teachers can help you along your path
• You learn more when you surround yourself with people who disagree with you
• Learning how meditation can help you find your quiet place

Guided meditation on finding your quiet voice can be found at 36:20 into the episode.

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"If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there's room to hear more subtle things--that's when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before."  – Steve Jobs

12 Science-Based Benefits of Meditation: 12-benefits-of-meditation

David Bartholomeusz

Marisa Nava, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist 

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

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