By Friday, your calendar’s clean and your priorities are blocked (see Week 1 if you missed it).
Now it’s time to look further out.
Because most weeks? They’re for firefighting – ping to ping, deck to deck, meetings that go nowhere, priorities that change mid-sentence.
The long-term stuff waits.
And so does your growth.
That’s how smart people get passed over — buried in work, but invisible where it counts.
This ritual interrupts that drift.
Every Friday, you carve out one quiet hour.
To shift from operator to builder — and take ownership of your career and your life.
This is your time to:
- Zoom out and re-anchor to where things are actually going
- Identify what you’re already doing that could be reframed or elevated into a strategic win
And if nothing fits? Create something or ask for it
What You Do
Block 60 minutes. Quiet space. No distractions.
If music helps, try Marconi Union – Weightless. It’s designed to calm your nervous system and open up thinking space.
This is your strategic breathing room, your high-leverage hour that protects your future from being hijacked by busywork.
Step 1: Pulse Check the Horizon
Open your strategy doc, roadmap, or professional goals.
- What matters over the next 6–12 months?
- Are you aligned with it — or orbiting something obsolete?
- What kind of leader do you want to become?
Then dig:
- What milestones are coming up that could be leveraged into high-profile outcomes?
- What’s quietly stalling that deserves a nudge?
- What’s missing from your plate entirely – but needs to exist?
If nothing connects to the bigger picture, you’ve just uncovered a blind spot — That’s not a setback — it’s a signal.
Step 2: Reframe One Task into a Strategic Win
Look at what’s already on your plate and ask:
“How could this signal momentum to the people who matter?”
Examples:
- A data pull becomes a prototype for a cross-functional dashboard
- A weekly email becomes a high-visibility touchpoint to senior leadership
- A team sync becomes a space to float a bold idea
This surfaces the strategic thread hiding inside your execution.
Step 3: Manufacture One if Needed
If nothing you’re working on moves the strategy forward — make something that does.
A few tactics:
- Draft a proposal that fixes a persistent team pain
- Volunteer for a cross-team initiative no one wants — but leadership notices
Ask your manager:
“What’s a priority we’ve ignored too long — but still matters?”
You’re sending a signal: I build things that matter.
Step 4: Define One Next Move — and Who You Need
Big ideas die from never starting.
Before you log off:
- Write one next action: email, deck title, meeting to schedule
- Name the person who can unblock or accelerate it
- Keep it light. But make it real.
- Wrap-Up
This is how you avoid waking up in six months asking,
“What did I actually move?”
No one’s coming to hand you strategy.
You have to claim it. Build it. Ship it.
Every Friday.
And Monday?
It’s already on its way.