My new job is a lot of new things and a big part of that is to plan, think through, get into details (which i dont enjoy) and understand impact.
What this means is to find time and space to ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ and ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐. More reflection is needed when more needs to be done. As I think about what needs to happen, what needs to be delivered, I am forcing myself to find time to reflect more.
We are living in a chaotic, non stop, adrenalin driven world that does not give you time to think. We are constantly on the move, bombarded with this state of fear, ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข, ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข you name it.
It is forcing people to keep reacting, and not take out time to think ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
I find it critical to find time every now and then to just reflect. Go on a 2 hour walk and do nothing but reflect. ๐ก๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
I learned this early, as some of the best ideas and solutions to my problems were revealed when i was not working or forcing to think but doing something else entirely like exercising.
Infact some of the best ideas I have had was when i was at the gym.
You have to unburden your mind from the usual for you to open up to “๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ” ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐. Reflection allows you to re-adjust, re-focus, and brings you back to the ground in many ways.
Running my own company means managing every aspect of it. Bigger the ambition/goals, bigger the planning and scaling. In a world where you dont control 90%+ of what happens you need to plan better, think through deeper.
You cannot do this when your in a crowd busy listening and speaking all the time. Give yourself a break and find time. It doesnt have to be a fancy vacation. You can take a 30-60 min walk on your own in a quiet place and that’s already effective.
When was the last time you intentionally took out time and just reflected and what was the result?