Why your brain feels like a browser with 400 tabs open (and how to close them).
If you feel like you are working harder than ever but aren't moving forward, it isn't because you are lazy. It is because you are maxed out. We treat silence like a hole that needs to be filled with podcasts, playlists, and feeds, but in doing so, we drown out our own intuition.
In this episode, Rhonda celebrates her 50th birthday by sharing the "unfancy" cure for the midlife crisis: turning the volume down. She identifies the "Content Drunk" trap—where we use learning as a form of procrastination—and breaks down the neuroscience behind why your brain physically needs boredom to create strategy. Plus, she introduces the Paced Protocol, a new tool launching today to help you stop the scroll and start the strategy.
In This Episode:
(00:00) - The "Rattle": Why your brain feels like a spray paint can.
(04:27) - Are you "Content Drunk"? The difference between Input and Output.
(06:40) - The Science: Inside "The Strategy Room" (Default Mode Network).
(08:44) - The Calgary Drive: How silence creates million-dollar ideas.
(13:55) - The Paced Protocol: A speed bump for your phone.
Resources Mentioned:
The Paced App: A tool designed to interrupt autopilot and put a "speed bump" between you and the scroll.
This Week's Challenge:Find your "Calgary Drive." Whether it is your commute, the shower, or walking the dog—do it "digitally naked" (no headphones, no radio). Drive through the boredom until you get to the boardroom.
🔗 CONNECT WITH RHONDA
Website: rhondalavoie.com
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Music for The Rhonda Lavoie Podcast written and recorded by Wade and Tan Fehr.
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