EPISODE #162
The Invisible Rules We Live and Work By
with Barbara Patterson
About This Episode
We all carry invisible rules, the quiet assumptions that shape how we live, work, and measure success.
In this episode, Barb shares a story from a recent leadership retreat that revealed three powerful but often unseen beliefs:
• That speed equals excellence,
• That output equals worth, and
• That what worked before should still work now.
These hidden rules can fuel stress and overdrive, even when everything looks “successful” on the surface.
When we start to see them clearly, something shifts.
We discover that true excellence lives in clarity, not velocity – in presence, not proving.
Show Notes
- [00:00] – Unveiling Invisible Rules
- [05:26] – The Cost of Excellence
- [07:53] – Exploring Assumptions
- [12:03] – The Velocity Trap
- [14:36] – Output Equals Worth
- [19:59] – The Rule of Inertia
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Meet Your Host
Barbara Patterson is the owner of a global coaching and consulting company helping entrepreneurs, leaders, and those who serve them access more clarity and creativity, have greater impact, build powerful relationships, and experience higher levels of fulfillment in work and life. She is the founder of Innerverse Academy, a global platform and community designed to point people to the source of human potential and the relationship between their inner world and their work in the world.
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