Stepping Back Quotes

“While you'll feel compelled to charge forward it's often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Releasing resistance to allow miracles to manifest is not about sitting back and doing nothing. It is about stepping back, and doing something.⁠”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“Step away entirely or you haven't stepped away at all.”
― Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto

“Acknowledge your limits;
it's not surrender, it's self-compassion.
Rest, recharge, and prioritize your well-being.
Stepping back is sometimes the only way to truly move forward.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“When you run for 30 minutes, for example, your perceived time slows down. In a busy day, a whole afternoon can go by in a flash. You need a way to control your psychological time, especially to distance yourself from normal distractions and preoccupations.

When we engage in an even longer exercise like jogging, our brain gets to take a rest from its default mode or inward-focused state—known as a self-referencing in neuroscience—and be more attuned to the outer environment. By shifting in and out of these two states of mind—reference to ourselves versus our environment—we get a new frame reference to our lives that empowers us to look at things in a different light.”
― Shu Hattori, The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm