White Space

Dear Uncommon Leaders, 

Welcome to February (and Happy Groundhog Day)!

Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a productive week ahead! Challenge yourselves this week!

Your Sunday Nugget

This Week's Question:

Do you ever schedule white space in your calendar?

This Week's Challenge: 

White space is time set aside without much structure attached to it. It is not necessarily a time to work on our to-dos or get caught up. White space is time scheduled to allow us to get creative, think or even sometimes rest our minds from the frequent overload.

Whenever I have scheduled white space and followed through in taking it, I have always found benefit. Often, I am surprised at what comes from it. Sometimes I receive a burst of inspiration or a solution to a problem. Sometimes my mind recharges from the quiet.

Most busy leaders don't set aside time to just think and de-compress.That’s your challenge this week. I don’t care if it’s only 10 minutes; put some white space in your calendar and find a quiet space where you won't be distracted or interrupted. Avoid the temptation to scroll or surf. In fact, turn your phone off and take a notebook to capture your thoughts. I’d love to hear what comes from it!

Have a great week!

This Week's Quote to Ponder:

“A lack of white space on one’s calendar correlates with a lack of white space in one’s brain.” - Matt Perman

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Until next week,

LET'S GO BE UNCOMMON!

W. Kevin Harrison

Founder and Executive Coach

Uncommon Influence

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