The question is, how
does an entrepreneur work
in a coffee shop the right way?
There's a discipline I've always taught
for over 20 years now.
I used to call it
Starbucks time, ironically,
because I always did it in a coffee shop.
(soft music)
I wanna kinda zoom out of
that question a little bit,
because it's not always
about a coffee shop,
but the reality of it is,
an entrepreneur-in-the-making
and someone who takes their leap
is probably spending a bit of time
in a coffee shop or a quiet place.
I mean, they're sitting
there at their laptop
or with a legal pad and
everyone has their own formula.
And what it is, it's thinking time,
it's a clarity break.
Especially an entrepreneur,
you need to get out of the
hustle, bustle and the busy-ness
and find time where you can
think, and focus on your plans,
and focus on your vision,
and get out of the fray.
And everybody has a different formula.
And so for some it's 30 minutes a day,
some it's two hours a week,
some it's a half a day a month.
So you figure out your own formula.
But the idea, let's pretend
it is in a coffee shop,
as you're saying, but this
could also be the library,
it could be your den.
And so for me, it's two hours every week.
It's time blocked and it's protected.
No one can bother me, find me,
or interrupt me in those two hours.
And I am literally sitting
there for two hours
working on whatever it is that
I need to work on this week.
But again, it is all very high level.
This is not an opportunity for busy work.
This is not an opportunity
to catch up on emails.
It is thinking time.
And if you can unplug at
intervals daily, weekly, monthly
from the fray and float
up above your business
and work on your business
and spend that thinking time,
you will be a better
entrepreneur, a better leader,
because you will see things clearer.
As a visionary, you're
able to connect the dots.
I think most of my dots
have been connected
sitting in a coffee shop
because I took that moment
for quiet time to shut off the world.
And so that's how I
would advise you utilize
coffee shop time.
