A week away used to cost you nothing. Now it costs something.
“The minute the metabolism of your company is slower than the outside world, you’re dead. The only question is when.” — Jack Welch
Take a week off. Come back. Something moved. A model got better. A new competitor showed up. A task that took your team a day now takes ten minutes, for someone.
That’s the unsettling feeling. You didn’t just miss the news. The ground shifted.
Most CEOs and Business owners react one of two ways. They chase everything, or they ignore everything. Both wear you out.
But metabolism isn’t speed. It’s how fast something outside becomes something inside. How quickly you learn, decide, and change.
You can’t read everything. You don’t have to. You need a loop.
One hour a week to look around. One workflow to test. One call: keep it, kill it, or wait. Write down what you learned. Tell your team.
Small. Boring. Repeated.
A week away won’t sink you. A business with no loop will.
The world won’t slow down. Your loop can speed up.