This time of year, when the ever-changing weather is having a good day, I spend some time on the rock bar at the creek. It’s a new feature created by a flood from a few months ago, and I’ve claimed it as my thinking spot.

Some of the best business decisions I’ve made have come not from working harder, but from sitting still long enough to think. Away from the screen, away from the noise. Just thinking. We undervalue thinking time in a culture that prizes busyness. But clarity rarely comes from more activity. It comes from stillness. Spend some time thinking. Your business will be better for it.