As entrepreneurs, we pride ourselves on movement — action, speed, progress.
But lately, I’ve realised my best breakthroughs haven’t come while moving…
They’ve come after I stopped.
I block off a day a month known as a CEO Day.
I also have 20mins of thinking time every day, normally when I’m in the Sauna!
I used to joke that my brain felt like a shaken snow globe — ideas, problems, and to-do lists all swirling at once.
But the magic only happens when it settles.
That’s when patterns appear, clarity returns and the next right move becomes obvious.
Most people think stillness is laziness.
It’s not. It’s strategy.
Thinking time isn’t time off — it’s time on the business.
Next time you’re tempted to sprint into another task, pause for five minutes.
Let the snow settle.
You’ll be amazed what surfaces when the noise fades.
