Slow down and refocus
To understand your “why” and what motivates you, “you first have to spend time alone,” he adds, especially in today’s fast-paced environment. “Everybody’s walking around looking at their phone. … They go home and flip through channels. They go home and talk on the phone. How are you going to figure out your purpose if you haven’t figured out, first, in a quiet space, what you need to do?
“The world is moving too fast. You have to slow it down and gain control.”
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