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Why Successful Leaders Stay Busy | The Empty Vessel
You're not over-scheduled because you're in demand. You might be over-scheduled because the quiet is asking a harder question — and the calendar is the best way to keep it from getting loud enough to matter.
In whiskey-making, the vessel has to be completely emptied between batches. Not emptier. Not better-managed. Empty. Because what clings to the walls from the last batch will contaminate what comes next.
I've been wondering how many leaders never allow that to happen — how many of us just keep pouring the next responsibility over the residue of the last one, and then wonder why everything…
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