Spot the difference

Anyone who works with me is encouraged to block thinking time out in their calendar because most of them don’t have enough of it. I bet you don’t either.  It’s not something we can ‘fit in’ when things are quiet because things are never quiet. Unless we set a clear intention to block out quiet time and don’t let anything get in the way. 

Anyone who works with me is encouraged to block thinking time out in their calendar because most of them don’t have enough of it. I bet you don’t either.  It’s not something we can ‘fit in’ when things are quiet because things are never quiet unless we decide to have some quiet time. 

But there’s an important distinction – time blocked out in your calendar to think and reflect is not time out in your calendar to catch up on emails. 

They’re two completely different things with a different purpose. 

One is strategic and forward-focused, creative and innovative. 

The other is necessary, too – but if we spend too long there, we’re reactive and on the back foot for longer than we probably need to be! 

The only good use of thinking time when it comes to emails is to find ways to reduce the number of them in our inbox. 

To your success always.