No Time

Jun 1

You set the intention to make the appointment.

Then nothing happened.

The agenda was already full.

It had been for months.

I see this constantly with entrepreneurs, CEO's and leaders with years of experience.

Jumping from one fire to the next.

No white space.

No room to breathe.

Definitely no room to think.

And a cramped agenda does something to the quality of your thinking.

Same as in elite athletics; the rest is as important as the training.

Skip recovery long enough, and you stop getting better.

You just get tired.

A full agenda isn't a sign of success.

It might actually be the thing standing between you and your next level.

It reminds me of a foggy forest in the morning.

When the fog is thick, you can't see ten metres ahead.

Just grey. Just blur.

But once it lifts?

Clarity.

Nothing changed.

The same goes for what's happening in your life.

The answers are already there.

You just can't see them through the noise.

So if this is you.

Try something small.

15 minutes.

A walk outside.

No phone. No podcast. Just you and what emerges.

Notice what your body does.

Notice what your mind does.

Notice what ideas show up when you stop filling every gap.

Then do it again tomorrow.

Slowing down isn't counterproductive.

For most people I work with it's the most strategic thing they do all week.

When did you last have a truly empty hour?

What came up?

Enough