One of the most persistent conflicts I have with my personal clients and audiences I speak to is the objections I get to spending time during the work week, on a regular basis, for owners of financial services firms (and any business, frankly) to just think and reflect.
You have to be able to disassociate enough from the stress and drive of your business to be able to have enough space to draw connections on a more strategic and innovative level. This happens for me when I go fly fishing during the work week, as I have trained myself to disconnect from daily to-dos and instead get into a more flow state. Sometimes, it occurs when I am driving back to my home/office without any music/podcast on.
Perhaps you have noticed that while taking a shower or on a car ride without a podcast or music blaring, you suddenly came up with an idea and/or ‘connected the dots’ on a problem or challenge you were facing. You have more insights and solutions available to you than you realize and just need to give yourself the space and context to access them.
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