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Leading Greats #112
Think-a-Day: The Strategic Pause That Protects Your Edge
Ronnie Kinsey, MBA
May 13, 2025
The fastest way to fall behind is to stop creating dedicated space for thinking clearly.
Busy leaders stay busy.
Effective leaders step back to think - before the rest are forced to react.
Bill Gates is known for a tradition he started called Think Week.
Don’t consider Think-a-Day as a luxury.
It is the quiet edge separating those who build the future from those caught cleaning up after it.
One hour. A half-day. A full day every week - or a few weeks.
Not for catching up.
Not for strategizing under pressure.
For stretching the mind beyond today's tasks and recognizing what is actually shifting underneath it all.
Without this deliberate space, leaders drift into a cycle of managing symptoms instead of solving real problems.
Teams lose clarity.
Priorities blur.
Work becomes survival instead of creation.
When you protect Think-a-Day, you create the conditions for:
Eliminations that free you from energy traps and stalled growth.
Opportunities spotted before competitors even recognize them.
Breakthroughs that otherwise stay buried under busywork.
Clarifications that simplify what others complicate.
Decisions anchored in strength, not stress.
Leadership, work, and life all suffer the same erosion when there is no time to think.
Assumptions go unchallenged.
Opportunities expire.
Momentum withers.
Think-a-Day restores strategic depth, sharpens judgment, and sustains personal energy.
It forces better questions:
What must change now, before circumstances force it?
Where am I solving the wrong problems?
What am I pretending not to know?
Protect your Think-a-Day like the asset it is.
Guard it as you would your most significant investment.
Without it, you are reacting to the world.
With it, you are actively shaping it.
Leadership Deep Check-In: Are You Building or Just Busy?
Ask yourself:
Where am I defaulting to action without verifying its value?
What am I no longer seeing clearly because of constant demands?
What breakthrough is waiting behind the next real pause I am willing to take?
Your answers are the map to your clearest next level - in leadership, in work, and in life.
Grounding Statement for reinforcement:
"I protect space to think, so I can lead with clarity, strength, and conviction."
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