UNPLUG TO GROW

The Best Ideas Don’t Happen at Your Desk.

Founders and CEOs—when was the last time you had a breakthrough idea in a meeting? Exactly.

Research is clear: your brain isn’t built for nonstop hustle.
🧠 A 2025 University of Rochester study found that we’re only wired for about 5 hours of focused work a day—after that, creative and cognitive performance nosedives.
💡 And psychologist David Weiman notes our best ideas come when we’re away from work entirely—walking, showering, traveling. It’s not laziness. It’s neuroscience.

This is where 10x thinking enters the picture.

📈 In “10x Is Easier Than 2x”, Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy argue that exponential growth isn’t about doing more—it’s about thinking differently. You don’t get to 10x in the same mindset that gets you to 2x. That kind of clarity requires space—and stillness.

And that brings us to vacations.

✈️ One week off isn’t enough. Most people spend the first 3-4 days just coming down from the adrenaline of their work pace. Real rest—and real creativity—don’t start until your nervous system resets. A 2-week vacation isn’t indulgent. It’s minimum viable recovery for high-performance thinking.

Want better strategy? Clearer vision? Bolder ideas?

✅ Build downtime into your growth model.
✅ Block calendar space for deep, uninterrupted thinking.
✅ And take vacations long enough for your brain to forget what it was stressed about in the first place.

If you’re serious about 10x growth, then be just as serious about protecting the environment your best thinking needs and give me a shout at

Chris at theheadwall dot com