The Power of Pause — Make a Response-Able Choice

You don’t need a leadership title to feel pressure at work. That late-night email ping, the looming deadline, the awkward meeting—any of it can trigger emotional reactions.

These snap responses are wired into your brain, shaped by survival instincts from 300,000 years ago. But what if you could pause before those reactions hijack your brain—and choose a response-able action instead?

Reprogram Your Mind

Mental fitness is the ability to respond to challenges with a positive—rather than negative—mindset. You don’t need a Harvard degree or medication to develop it. Like physical fitness, it’s a skill you can train.

I’ve used Positive Intelligence (PQ), a mental fitness operating system, daily for over two years. After just six weeks of practice, the results were so profound that I became a licensed PQ coach. Now, I help others swap anger, frustration, and self-doubt for calm, empathy and curiosity,

How It Works

The PQ Program teaches you:

✅ How your brain is wired (and why it sometimes sabotages you)
✅ How to grow the mental muscles that serve you
✅ Why insight alone isn’t enough—daily practice creates change

Before PQ, I read stacks of self-help books and attended workshops. The insights helped—briefly. But without reinforcement, old patterns crept back in.

PQ is different. Through daily 2-minute exercises, you build mental muscles that help you shift :
✔ Overwhelm → Clarity (Is this urgent—or just noise?)
✔ Defensiveness → Empathy (What’s really happening here?)
✔ Reactivity → Strategy (How would my wiser self handle this?)

Why the Pause Matters

• For HR Teams: Reduce burnout and turnover by equipping employees with mental fitness tools.
• For Individuals: Stop emotional hijackings and regain agency.
• For Everyone: Improve well-being and performance with a PQ toolkit.

How to Build Your "Pause Muscle"

Like physical fitness, mental fitness grows through small, consistent reps:
🔹 Pause and and take one deep breath before replying to that frustrating message
🔹 Name the emotion: “Ah, my Judge Saboteur is here again”
🔹 Ask one question: “What would my wiser self do next?”

Real Results

After introducing PQ training at Leica Geosystems, participants reported:

📉 80% reduction in stress
💬 60% improvement in relationships
🚀 80% boost in performance

Your Next Step

🔍 Take the 5-minute Saboteur Quiz
(Find out what’s hijacking your pause)

📅 Book a 15-minute “Quick Hello” with Joel
We’ll explore:

• Your top workplace stress triggers
  
• 3 personalized strategies for response-able reactions
  
• How PQ could support your team

🧠 Less adrenaline. More agency.