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# Fill yourself up before you pour out.

A short morning practice and attention reset for leaders who are running on empty and spread across five screens.

- Christine Miller's morning practice for filling up with hope
- A three-question check on whether you're full and present
- A this-week action plan and a quick-reference page you can pin up

## Get the free guide

The Hope Practice · 8 pages · PDF

Trusted by **800+ organizations** across **25+ industries** since 2009

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Fill yourself up before you pour out.

The Hope Practice

ARE YOU FULL AND PRESENT?

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## What's inside

### Filling yourself up first

Christine Miller's purpose and the daily habit that comes before anyone else gets anything from her.

### The habits behind it

Why being attentive to body language and what people aren't saying builds trust.

### Are you full and present?

Three questions on filling up, multitasking, and paying attention to your peers.

### This week

Three actions, from five minutes of stillness before email to going analog in one meeting.

[Get the guide](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/hope-practice#get-it)

## Results and feedback from Velocity's leadership work

**30% to 8%**employee turnover in one yearBiopharmaceutical company

**+126%**strategic alignment liftBiopharmaceutical company

**95%**retention rate in a construction leadership programVelocity client

> “Now associates understand themselves better, and leaders have new tools to support their teams.”

Chief People and Culture Officer, healthcare products distributor

> “Velocity challenged our team and brought us together in ways that have paid immediate dividends.”

Managing Partner, accounting and advisory firm

## Why leaders run on empty

Many leaders start the day with output and never get around to refilling.

### Starting With Output

Email and meetings claim the day before the leader has filled up, and the team feels it.

### Multitasking Through Moments

Extra screens and a phone in hand split attention when people need it most.

### Watching Only Upward

Focusing on what the people above you want while missing what your peers need.

## From empty to attentive

Attention is a leadership habit, and it starts with what a leader does before the first meeting.

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### FILL

Start each day with a few minutes of stillness, reflection, or whatever fills you before checking email.

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### ATTEND

Go analog in meetings and pay attention to body language and what people aren't saying.

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### CONNECT

Velocity helps leaders build habits of attention and peer collaboration through coaching, leadership development, and team workshops.

**In Christine Miller's words:** "I feel I have to take care of myself before I can take care of others." Her daily practice comes first, before she pours anything out to anyone else.

### Who this is for

- Leaders running on empty
- Executives stretched across screens and meetings
- Leaders who want to build trust through attention
- Leaders who want stronger peer collaboration

## Lead from full, not from empty

Download the guide, then talk with us about building habits of attention across your team.

[Get the guide](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/hope-practice#get-it)

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**25+**industries

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