Living Mindfully Without Losing Your Edge | RR377

Aug 25, 2026

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There was a moment on a retreat in Napa where Aaron Hendon realized something that had been true for years but he had never actually seen. He had the marriage, the kids, the business doing better every single year, and underneath all of it, a low hum of worry that never let up. He calls it the Jaws music.

That moment cracked open everything we talk about in this episode. Aaron spent thirty years building one of Seattle's top real estate teams before training as a mindfulness instructor, and what he shares here is not the version of mindfulness you are picturing. No incense, no hour of sitting cross legged with an empty mind. He walks through what is actually happening in your brain when you build a real practice, why most gratitude habits fail before they start, and the framework from his new book that explains why.

We also get into something every business owner will recognize, the myth that you can rise to the occasion when things get hard. Aaron makes the case that you actually sink to the level of your preparation, and what that means for how you show up with a difficult client or a deal that falls apart.

A few things that stayed with me:

The line between hustle that produces results and hustle that quietly feeds anxiety
Why his own gratitude practice does not start with a gratitude list
What changed in his sales team's performance once he trained them in this
Why multitasking costs you nearly half your effectiveness, and what to do instead
A simple way to reset your attention that has nothing to do with sitting still

Aaron's new book, How to Live a Grateful Life in a F*d Up World, and Aaron can be found at: https://aaronhendon.com/

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