IN 2019, MY COMPANY had about 40 full-time employees; it was growing just fine, but I was in search of inspiration. I read one of Bill Gates's year-end recaps in which he reflected on his achievements over the previous year. He wrote about his penchant for regularly taking stock of his work and personal life. It reminded me of an article I had read several years prior about his famous biannual “think weeks.”
This stuck with me, the
