Topic: Time to Pause and Think

Topic: Time to Pause and Think

Hey folks! Long time no write! Goodness things have been busy - which makes this next topic shine a bit more.

Question: Interesting venture you are taking. What motivated it for you?

This was one of the first questions I received when setting up this AMA adventure. I decided tackle this, as its top of mind.

Quick response: I decided to welcome questions because I find that people don’t really have the time to pause and think.

They ask the question. I take on the challenge of a thoughtful first response - and then they can chime in with thoughts. It kind of takes the overwhelm out of the big think and encourages a bit of creativity through discussion.

Thanks everyone for trusting me to take a bite out of their 'big think', chew it up, and share my thoughts. I really enjoy it. It gets my creativity flowing!

Update: Since starting this venture a few months back, I too have fallen into 'busy-ness' (wow - I just tried to spell that as busi-ness, that's GOT to be an omen or something).

I work from home. I am in a lot of meetings. When I'm not in meetings, I'm trying to tackle my to-do list. This got me thinking...

What do we lose when we don't make time to think?

Oh man. Here's where my brain went into a frenzy. What do we lose?

• Time to innovate and expand our thoughts?
• Connections with colleagues?
• Time to take a step back and look at all things from a macro level?
• Time to reflect and learn?
• What else?

It's hard to see when we're in it - just like anything else.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. How can we incorporate a bit of "think time" into our day? And is that important?

I hope you all have a great Canada Day if you're in Canada. If not - have a great day anyway! Also - for a long time I wasn't sure if Canada was real. I thought it may be maple leaf. #dadjokes