Monday Morning Inspiration: The Mindful Entrepreneur

May 14, 2010 by Jen Groover
Filed under Career, Featured

One of my mantras is “Do not judge; be inspired.” Judgment is part of human nature. But instead, it makes more sense to stop and be mindful of the way something works or is built and ask, “Why is it this way? Does it have to be?”

Mindfulness comes when you just observe things in the moment. It’s an awesomely powerful tool. I try to practice mindfulness everyday—stepping out of flow of what I’m doing for a brief time and just being in the moment, appreciating what’s going on around me. When you can do that, you can see in a new way. Mindfulness creates fertile ground for inspiration. You become inspired to change things.

How many products, companies, and industries have started because someone had the audacity to say, “Can’t we do this differently?”

When you are inspired everything becomes possible and passion radiates. That is a beautiful state of mind to be in. If you are not inspired, but stuck in harsh judgment, you are shutting off possibilities around you.

The next time you are about to “judge” something, catch yourself and say, “What can I learn from this?” Committing to becoming more mindful can be the habit that changes your life…and your bank account.