How I made my best business decisions doing absolutely nothing

Weaponize your boredom

Your brain is a problem-solving machine.

And if you know how to harness that power you’ll be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams.

Imagine this. You’re waiting for a friend who’s running late. What’s your first impulse?

Grab your phone and start scrolling, right? It’s almost automatic. We feel this constant need to fill every empty moment with noise, because being alone with our own thoughts can be intimidating.

Here’s the thing. Your mind is designed to solve problems. It loves a good challenge. and if you don’t give it a meaningful problem to work on, it will invent its own. That’s where stress, anxiety, and pointless arguments come from—the brain is just trying to do its job, but with bad material.

So what if you took control of those empty spaces?

Instead of scrolling while you wait for your girlfriend to get ready, you could pull out a book and read two pages. Or, even better, you could consciously feed your brain one of the big, important problems in your life. Think about that business idea, that tough conversation you need to have, or that goal you’ve been putting off.

Let your mind chew on something important. You’ll be amazed at the solutions that can come up when you’re not even trying.

I go deeper into how to use these “in-between” moments to build a life you love in my daily newsletter. To get started, you can download my free email course that shows you exactly how to create a life you never want to retire from here.

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