Zoning Out to Scale Up: The Alchemy of Strategic Slacking for Visionary Leaders
What if the secret to scaling your empire isn’t hustling harder—but slacking smarter?
In this episode of the Crown Yourself® Podcast, Kimberly Spencer reveals the counterintuitive high-performance strategy that changed her life and her clients’: Strategic Slacking. From walking meditations to car rides that birth million-dollar ideas, this episode is your permission slip to stop doing and start receiving.
Kimberly shares a personal story about guiding a high-achieving client out of mental overload and into embodied vision. The solution? A radical reclamation of space—30 minutes a day to not do. This is not laziness. This is sovereign leadership in action. It’s activating the brain’s “default mode network” to connect with higher consciousness, esoteric wisdom, and innovative downloads that transform your business and life.
If you're juggling too many projects, caught in your inbox, or doom-scrolling your creativity away—this episode will shake your paradigm. Kimberly teaches you how to name your bottleneck, ask better questions, set transformational intentions, and allow wisdom to drop in—without forcing anything.
Strategic slacking isn’t passive. It’s a sacred act of leadership alchemy.
Tune in, and start leading like the queen you are—clear, courageous, and cosmically plugged in
Enjoy, sovereigns!
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Strategic Slacking: The High-Performance Hack for Visionary Leaders
"The key to scaling your business may not be more work, but rather taking a break to strategically slack." — Kimberly Spencer
What If Zoning Out Was the Secret to Scaling Up?
Timestamp: 00:00 – 03:00
Kimberly Spencer: What if the key to scaling your business wasn't another Zoom meeting? What if it was just zoning out on a walk?
In this episode of the Crown Yourself podcast, we are diving into just that—and how you can start strategically slacking to scale.
Introducing Strategic Slacking
Timestamp: 03:01 – 06:00
Kimberly Spencer: As high performers, the last thing we want to be called is a slacker. We're doing all the things—building businesses, writing books, raising humans. But strategic slacking requires a shift in prioritization.
It's about carving out intentional space in your day, even 30 minutes, to allow your brain to operate differently—to solve problems in non-linear, embodied ways.
The Neuroscience Behind Slacking
Timestamp: 06:01 – 09:00
Kimberly Spencer: Strategic slacking activates your default mode network—your brain's problem-solving powerhouse. But most people are too busy doing to give themselves the space to see the whole map.
A true visionary must have space. You can’t see the forest—let alone the continent—if you're buried in the trees.
Real-World Results: From Chaos to Clarity
Timestamp: 09:01 – 12:00
Kimberly Spencer: One of my clients was juggling multiple projects, and she couldn’t see the core issue. I challenged her to practice strategic slacking—just 30 minutes a day.
At first, nothing came. But after a few days, as her nervous system calmed, her clarity skyrocketed. Her subconscious and body became open to new ideas.
Tapping Into Higher Consciousness
Timestamp: 12:01 – 15:00
Kimberly Spencer: If you want to pull new ideas out of the ether, they won’t come from your conscious mind. Albert Einstein said: "You cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it."
Strategic slacking helps you evolve your consciousness—by asking intentional questions and tuning into your body’s wisdom.
How to Use Strategic Slacking: A Simple Process
Timestamp: 15:01 – 18:00
Kimberly Spencer:
- Name the problem or bottleneck.
- Ask what or how questions. (Not "why"—that spirals into excuses.)
- Set the intention for insight.
- Unplug. Walk. Breathe. Let it drop in.
- Capture the download. Notes app, voice memo—whatever works.
This isn’t spiritual fluff—it’s neurological fact. Your unconscious mind is the key to visionary breakthroughs.
Common Traps: Doomscrolling Isn’t Slacking
Timestamp: 18:01 – 21:00
Kimberly Spencer: Don’t mistake scrolling for slacking. Social input gives you recycled thoughts. Strategic slacking connects you to Source, higher consciousness, your truth.
Put your phone on Do Not Disturb. If anything, just use your notes app.
Embodied Leadership in Action
Timestamp: 21:01 – 24:00
Kimberly Spencer: I often use my morning walks—especially while training for a half marathon—as my sacred slacking space. The body is the domain of the unconscious. Movement = momentum.
This episode? It came to me while I was driving. Yep, even Sara Blakely does it. She calls driving her thinking time. Strategic slacking can happen during walking, biking, or even bathing.
Integration > Hustle: Why It Works
Timestamp: 24:01 – 27:00
Kimberly Spencer: We’re doing this deep work inside The Collective, our Conscious Leadership membership. Strategic slacking is how you quantum leap through integration, not exhaustion.
Queen, your next big breakthrough isn’t in your inbox. It’s in the courage to pause.
Final Message: Mind Your Business, Queen
Timestamp: 27:01 – End
Kimberly Spencer: Mind your business. Stop checking your phone. Start checking in with your intuition.
The more you allow yourself to receive, the more powerful your reign becomes.
As always, share this with a fellow Queen who’s ready to reclaim her space, scale her business, and rule her life—sovereignly.
Primary Keyword: strategic slacking
Related Keywords: subconscious problem solving, default mode network, conscious leadership, visionary entrepreneur, scaling a business
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