This is a YouTube video titled "The Power Of 'Stepping Back' From Your Business For HUGE Growth" created in July 2017. The content features a single speaker, Ollie, sharing personal insights and advice about the benefits of taking breaks from business work to foster creativity and generate new ideas. The speaker reflects on experiences in nature and social interactions that inspired business growth ideas, encouraging viewers to step back and recharge to enhance their entrepreneurial journey.
Hey, how's it going? It's Ollie here. Had a long day today, man. Been out to one of our islands. We're hanging around in like the wilderness. There was sea everywhere, beautiful views, wildlife, chilling out in a cafe. And I was away from my natural working environment, right? I was out and about. Here's what I wanted to share with you today. Sometimes your greatest inspirations and your greatest ideas and insights about how to grow your business, about how to take things to the next level and how to hit your goals happen when you take some time away from your business, right? When you decide to take a break and stop trying to work on your business so hard, you know, planning, scheming and logically leaping toward trying to leap towards your goals and putting all that effort and energy in. Sometimes it takes you to just step back a little bit and have a break from things and that's when all of these ideas will come to you. So whilst I was in the island, the Swedish island, I still can't pronounce the name of, you know, I kind of had work on the back of my mind. Thing would kind of come to the surface and I'd think about Amazon, I'd think about the coaching, the clients and stuff, occasionally be in the back of my mind. But I wasn't focusing on it. I was focusing on relaxing, being out in the sun, just drinking a cup of tea and looking at the awesome landscape that we have in Stockholm. And occasionally I'll just come up with amazing ideas. I came up with so many cool ideas whilst I was out there away from my business. You know, not on the laptop, not looking at my notepad, not thinking about Amazon directly. I came up with ideas because it gives your mind a break. Last week I was in Barcelona and the same thing happened, hanging around with like minded people who also going through similar things. I'm going through my friend Tom, he obviously owns a business, owns two businesses and I was talking to him about stuff and we came up with so much ideas together. So just a thought for you. If you know, you're feeling like you're not making much progress right now, I mean, you want to hit your goals faster, then it could be that if you're working really, really, really hard, could be time to just step back, take a break, maybe take a day trip somewhere, put the laptop away and just chill or do something creative. Maybe you could do some like painting to come up with some ideas or make some music or do whatever it is you enjoy doing. Rock climbing, hiking, going to the gym, just have a fun day where you do other stuff and then the ideas will surface and come to you. Because at the end of the day, if you're doing this business, you know, day in, day out, then it's probably your passion. It's definitely my passion. So it's never going to leave your mind. I'm always thinking about it in the back of my mind. And giving yourself a bit of creative space, seeing some new visual stimuli, like, you know, seeing the Swedish landscape, really helped. So that's a thought for you today. I hope that helps you on your journey. If you ever feel like you need to make a step forward and you want a counterintuitive tip, this is one that really works. Thanks so much for watching. Take care. Keep believing and I will speak to you very soon.
