Alone With Your Thoughts: Why Self-Awareness Is a Leadership Superpower

In 1995, Bill Gates disappeared into a cedar cabin in the Pacific Northwest for a week — no meetings, no family, no distractions. What emerged from that silence was a memo called "The Internet Tidal Wave" that repositioned Microsoft for the internet age. He called it Think Week. And it changed everything. Most of us can't take a week off-grid. But the principle behind what Gates did is available…