Time out, not time off.

 I write this on a Friday night sitting in a hotel in London.


I was down visiting my mentor today for a deep dive on the business going into next year.


Looking at financials, staff progression, member improvements and much more. My brain is now entirely frazzled as you can imagine.


Now I'm not going to go into the mentor spiel again, I think you know by now how strongly I feel on that!


What I am going to say is just how powerful time away from your business is.


I like to take a holiday a quarter as a reset and to spend some quality time with Christie/family but I also like to try and get away a couple of times a year for a course/seminar and spend a little extra time wherever I am to have some breathing space.


I finished up at about 4pm today and am staying until lunch tomorrow.


I've booked myself into a decent hotel and had a lovely dinner before spending some time just deep diving into what I want from the business, how I can grow my team and improve the product away from the day to day tasks that can lead us astray from the bigger picture.


I typically always have my biggest brainwaves at times like this!


So give yourself some headspace for big picture thinking and strategy, plan it into your diary in the same way you would a meeting!

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