Evan Carmichael suggests a seven-day experiment: treat every interaction with your clothes as mindful practice, from putting them on to folding them. He uses a monk's careful handling of ancient robes as an example, arguing that this kind of attention builds patience and reduces stress, which helps your business performance.
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Be mindful. I don't talk a lot about spiritual stuff on this channel, but this is something that's helped me and I wanted to share it with you guys today. I know a lot of entrepreneurs are stressed out, working to the max, feel like you have no time for yourself, feel like your life might be out of control, and a great way to combat that is to be mindful. Mindfulness is when you take care and you are careful with the things in your life. You're not throwing things around, you're not stressing and rushing from one thing to the next. You take specific action and you take it carefully. Let me break it down with a story that might help. This is what helped me. I remember reading a story about a monk who was taking care of his robes, the robes that he wore, and some of the robes are over 100 years old and have been passed on from monk to monk to monk. And the robes were obviously great quality, but what also helped was how he took care of the robes and how mindful he was when he was putting them on, when he was taking them off, when he was washing them. He was really careful, he was really mindful about it, and as a result, the robes lasted a long time. And I looked at my life and what I was doing with my clothes and You know, I got ready in 5 minutes or less, you know, like throw on underwear, throw on pants, jam my leg through in there, throw on a shirt. You know, when I got home and I was changing, throw it off, chuck it into the pile, put it on a hanger. There was no care at all. And as a result, my clothes didn't last as long. And so now what I try to do, I try to do, I'm not always great at it. But what I try to do is when I'm changing, when I'm washing my clothes, when I'm folding them, when I'm putting my clothes away, I try to take a little bit extra time. I try to be more careful, try to be more mindful in how I'm putting it on. You know, I don't jam my leg through my underwear anymore. You know, I try to put it on carefully. And you might be thinking, "Wow, Evan, this is crazy. Like, what are you talking about? How does this help my business?" And it helps because this is a simple exercise that you can try for the next week. And what I found worked for me was when I started doing this, it started to apply to other areas of my life as well. And I would be more mindful in everything that I was doing. And again, it's not always 100%, you know, I'm not a Buddhist monk. But I found that it gave me more patience, it gave me more focus. It helped me not stress out as much, and those all apply to my life but also to my business. So give it a shot, you know, give it a shot. You've got one week to test it out. Just be mindful with your clothes. Put them on carefully, take them off carefully, wash them carefully, hang them up, put them away carefully. Worst case scenario, you know, your clothes are a little bit better off for that week, and you've tried this crazy new thing. Best case scenario, it's teaching you more focus, to have less stress, to be more mindful, and that'll have a significant impact across your life and your business. So give it a shot and believe. For those of you watching, if you have tried other methods of being mindful and if it's had an impact on your life or business somehow, leave it in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you. Give it a thumbs up if you like this video. Click on my face and subscribe to the channel. Thank you so much. I'll see you soon.
