1. Develop awareness of habitual reactions and personal triggers, and learn ways to create a pause in this seemingly automatic process. 

2. Change our relationship to discomfort, learning to recognize challenging physical and emotional experiences and responding to them in different, skillful ways. 

3. Foster a nonjudgmental, compassionate approach toward ourselves and our experiences, especially negative ones 

4. Build a lifestyle that supports both mindfulness practice and recovery.

We will have deviations from the norm.

We will see Queen's Gambit when we expect the Sicilian defense.

At every turn we will have SUSBS

~SUSBS

Participating in any activity when feeling anxious will undoubtedly be less enjoyable (at first) than it could have been if you were feeling calm. Nevertheless, next time you experience anxiety say to yourself: “My anxiety is just a bully. It can’t truly stop me from what I’m doing!” and just show up and be as present as you can, until it goes away. Just like a bully’s loud voice, you can acknowledge anxiety playing in the background and choose to keep your eyes on the ball. When anxiety does not achieve its goal to keep you preoccupied, like any other bully, it will go away, defeated.

If we learned anything from the Godfather, it is patience, politeness, and bold courage at the right times that win the day

We treat each sales pitch as Consigliere... quiet, listening, observing, taking everything in, and speaking only when necessary and with salient questions.

We set the stage that our time is extremely valuable - let the client do all the talking, and sell themselves.

Everybody talks but they do not say anything - Firm A, Firm B, they are all pitching.

It is not statements that sell, it is valuable questions.

~SUSBS