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Make space to think, Michael Katchen, CEO Wealthsimple - The Startup CEO show

17 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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Michael Katchen, CEO of Wealthsimple, starts each morning at a coffee shop with a book and notebook. He uses this ritual to create space for thinking, away from the constant demands of running a startup.

One of the things that's very been important to me is I try to find space to think. I have a morning ritual, which I find is very useful. I try to spend the first two hours of every day in a coffee shop with a book and a notebook and no distractions. And I would say I am a little less consistent today than I would like to be. But for a long time, I was very, kind of, very rigid about that time, and it's been one of those rituals that's been super, super helpful.