There are only so many hours in a day. As your to-do list grows, you cannot keep accumulating more tasks. Solitude gives you the space to reflect on where your time is best spent, which provides you with the clarity to decide which meetings you should stop attending, which committees you should step down from, and which invitations you should politely decline. This is something that Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, has been advising people to do for many years.
In a Distracted World, Solitude Is a Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Review. October 19, 2017.
See also, How Do You "Stop Doing?" by Jim Collins. jimcollins.com 2017.
and Saying 'Yes' To 'No': The Power Of A Stop Doing List by Robert Glazer. Forbes. Sept. 12, 2018
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