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    In today's day and age, when we are surrounded by so many things from mission critical problems to materialistic things, it is difficult to clear your mind. When your job is to put out fires every day, it is very challenging to clear your mind. After all, how do you find time to think, when you are so occupied already? But at the same time, ignoring the need for thinking allows seemingly healthy, active businesses to fail because of the change they never saw coming, until it was too late. Thus, as a leader, we need to develop a habit of stepping away from our day-to-day activities, and clear our mind. Hence, I am writing this blog to provide you with some pointers through which you can manage to clear your mind, while managing your busy schedule at the same time. Block your calendars: As a leader/manager, we are used to organize our day through Outlook or Gmail calendar. Then why don't we use the same mechanism to remind ourselves about clearing our mind for a while? This is the least we can do for ourselves, right? So before another week goes by, clean your schedule for hour or so, and make sure that you keep this meeting with yourself. During these thirty minutes, think. Don’t write, read magazines, or clean your desk. Just think. It would be great if you could do it with your office door close and your computer shut down. Avoid normal distractions, which would otherwise lead you to a different path. Change your environment: I am sometimes tired of sitting in my office, and I often look for a change to clear my mind. There is no easier way to do that than just taking a walk. A short walk of half an hour provides a great thinking environment for me, and I encourage you guys to try it as well. And yes, during your thinking time, try not to question your mind with a day-to-day problem, although this works well for that, too, but try to think about general stuff or changing environment. For example: What’s changing in my environment that I haven’t thought about? What new skills will my team need in the next year? What barriers exist to my team’s success this quarter? Etc. Try new things: As a leader, we are often occupied with a routine, where all of our activities are predefined and we follow a same schedule. From playing golf to hanging out with our friends, we become used to a same routine. As a leader, we shouldn't just challenge our work, but we should also challenge ourselves to get out of our comfort zone. Thus, we should try to go to a museum, an art gallery, or a library. Or just visit a mall without any intension of shopping or fly a kite. At the end of your excursion ask yourself, What did I see or experience today that taught me something about my work or my life? Don’t push for the answer, but don’t give up too quickly. There’s always something there; you just need to think till you find it. I hope, my blog can help you not only clear your mind but develop a practice in your life to think outside the box. If you have any other recommendations, then please feel free to share it here. Thanks - Bhavin Gandhi

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    In today's day and age, when we are surrounded by so many things from mission critical problems to materialistic things, it is difficult to clear your mind. When your job is to put out fires every day, it is very challenging to clear your mind. After all, how do you find time to think, when you are so occupied already? But at the same time, ignoring the need for thinking allows seemingly healthy, active businesses to fail because of the change they never saw coming, until it was too late. Thus, as a leader, we need to develop a habit of stepping away from our day-to-day activities, and clear our mind. Hence, I am writing this blog to provide you with some pointers through which you can manage to clear your mind, while managing your busy schedule at the same time. Block your calendars: As a leader/manager, we are used to organize our day through Outlook or Gmail calendar. Then why don't we use the same mechanism to remind ourselves about clearing our mind for a while? This is the least we can do for ourselves, right? So before another week goes by, clean your schedule for hour or so, and make sure that you keep this meeting with yourself. During these thirty minutes, think. Don’t write, read magazines, or clean your desk. Just think. It would be great if you could do it with your office door close and your computer shut down. Avoid normal distractions, which would otherwise lead you to a different path. Change your environment: I am sometimes tired of sitting in my office, and I often look for a change to clear my mind. There is no easier way to do that than just taking a walk. A short walk of half an hour provides a great thinking environment for me, and I encourage you guys to try it as well. And yes, during your thinking time, try not to question your mind with a day-to-day problem, although this works well for that, too, but try to think about general stuff or changing environment. For example: What’s changing in my environment that I haven’t thought about? What new skills will my team need in the next year? What barriers exist to my team’s success this quarter? Etc. Try new things: As a leader, we are often occupied with a routine, where all of our activities are predefined and we follow a same schedule. From playing golf to hanging out with our friends, we become used to a same routine. As a leader, we shouldn't just challenge our work, but we should also challenge ourselves to get out of our comfort zone. Thus, we should try to go to a museum, an art gallery, or a library. Or just visit a mall without any intension of shopping or fly a kite. At the end of your excursion ask yourself, What did I see or experience today that taught me something about my work or my life? Don’t push for the answer, but don’t give up too quickly. There’s always something there; you just need to think till you find it. I hope, my blog can help you not only clear your mind but develop a practice in your life to think outside the box. If you have any other recommendations, then please feel free to share it here. Thanks - Bhavin Gandhi

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    In today's day and age, when we are surrounded by so many things from mission critical problems to materialistic things, it is difficult to clear your mind. When your job is to put out fires every day, it is very challenging to clear your mind. After all, how do you find time to think, when you are so occupied already? But at the same time, ignoring the need for thinking allows seemingly healthy, active businesses to fail because of the change they never saw coming, until it was too late. Thus, as a leader, we need to develop a habit of stepping away from our day-to-day activities, and clear our mind. Hence, I am writing this blog to provide you with some pointers through which you can manage to clear your mind, while managing your busy schedule at the same time. Block your calendars: As a leader/manager, we are used to organize our day through Outlook or Gmail calendar. Then why don't we use the same mechanism to remind ourselves about clearing our mind for a while? This is the least we can do for ourselves, right? So before another week goes by, clean your schedule for hour or so, and make sure that you keep this meeting with yourself. During these thirty minutes, think. Don’t write, read magazines, or clean your desk. Just think. It would be great if you could do it with your office door close and your computer shut down. Avoid normal distractions, which would otherwise lead you to a different path. Change your environment: I am sometimes tired of sitting in my office, and I often look for a change to clear my mind. There is no easier way to do that than just taking a walk. A short walk of half an hour provides a great thinking environment for me, and I encourage you guys to try it as well. And yes, during your thinking time, try not to question your mind with a day-to-day problem, although this works well for that, too, but try to think about general stuff or changing environment. For example: What’s changing in my environment that I haven’t thought about? What new skills will my team need in the next year? What barriers exist to my team’s success this quarter? Etc. Try new things: As a leader, we are often occupied with a routine, where all of our activities are predefined and we follow a same schedule. From playing golf to hanging out with our friends, we become used to a same routine. As a leader, we shouldn't just challenge our work, but we should also challenge ourselves to get out of our comfort zone. Thus, we should try to go to a museum, an art gallery, or a library. Or just visit a mall without any intension of shopping or fly a kite. At the end of your excursion ask yourself, What did I see or experience today that taught me something about my work or my life? Don’t push for the answer, but don’t give up too quickly. There’s always something there; you just need to think till you find it. I hope, my blog can help you not only clear your mind but develop a practice in your life to think outside the box. If you have any other recommendations, then please feel free to share it here. Thanks - Bhavin Gandhi

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    In today's day and age, when we are surrounded by so many


    things from mission critical problems to materialistic things, it is
    difficult to clear your mind. When your job is to put out fires every
    day, it is very challenging to clear your mind. After all, how do you
    find time to think, when you are so occupied already? But at the
    same time, ignoring the need for thinking allows seemingly healthy,
    active businesses to fail because of the change they never saw
    coming, until it was too late. Thus, as a leader, we need to develop a habit of stepping
    away from our day-to-day activities, and clear our mind. Hence, I am writing this blog to
    provide you with some pointers through which you can manage to clear your mind, while
    managing your busy schedule at the same time.
    Block your calendars: As a leader/manager, we are used to organize our day through
    Outlook or Gmail calendar. Then why don't we use the same mechanism to remind
    ourselves about clearing our mind for a while? This is the least we can do for ourselves,
    right? So before another week goes by, clean your schedule for hour or so, and make
    sure that you keep this meeting with yourself. During these thirty minutes, think. Dont
    write, read magazines, or clean your desk. Just think. It would be great if you could do it
    with your office door close and your computer shut down. Avoid normal distractions, which
    would otherwise lead you to a different path.
    Change your environment: I am sometimes tired of sitting in my office, and I often look
    for a change to clear my mind. There is no easier way to do that than just taking a walk. A
    short walk of half an hour provides a great thinking environment for me, and I encourage
    you guys to try it as well. And yes, during your thinking time, try not to question your mind
    with a day-to-day problem, although this works well for that, too, but try to think about
    general stuff or changing environment. For example: Whats changing in my environment
    that I havent thought about? What new skills will my team need in the next year? What
    barriers exist to my teams success this quarter? Etc.
    Try new things: As a leader, we are often occupied with a routine, where all of our
    activities are predefined and we follow a same schedule. From playing golf to hanging out
    with our friends, we become used to a same routine. As a leader, we shouldn't just
    challenge our work, but we should also challenge ourselves to get out of our comfort zone.
    Thus, we should try to go to a museum, an art gallery, or a library. Or just visit a mall
    without any intension of shopping or fly a kite. At the end of your excursion ask yourself,
    What did I see or experience today that taught me something about my work or my life?

    Author: Bhavin Gandhi

    Contact information: http://BhavinGandhi.com

    Dont push for the answer, but dont give up too quickly. Theres always something there;
    you just need to think till you find it.
    I hope, my blog can help you not only clear your mind but develop a practice in your life to
    think outside the box. If you have any other recommendations, then please feel free to
    share it here. Thanks - Bhavin Gandhi
    Bhavin Gandhi | March 7, 2016 at 7:00 AM | Tags: 21st Century Management, Challenge
    yourself, Clear your mind, Leadership, Mind yoga, Self leadership, Self learning | Categories: 21st
    Century, Leadership, Management | URL: http://wp.me/p103Cm-ev

    Author: Bhavin Gandhi

    Contact information: http://BhavinGandhi.com

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