You Don’t Need More Strategy - You Need Space

Katie Sheach
May 14
2 min read

You’re not stuck because you don’t know enough.

You’re stuck because you’re too close to it all. When you’re inside the daily noise of your business, delivering, marketing, managing, and firefighting, it’s almost impossible to see clearly. And when that happens, the temptation is to find a new strategy. Another course. Another funnel. Another tweak. But more strategy isn’t the answer.

You need space.

Let’s talk about why.

Strategy without space becomes noise

If you’re running on empty, no strategy will feel right.

You can sit down with the smartest, most detailed growth plan in the world and still feel frozen, overwhelmed, or disengaged if you haven’t first created the mental and emotional space to make decisions from calm, not chaos.

Here’s what’s actually happening when strategy doesn’t land:

You're reacting, not choosing.
You're stuck in survival mode.
You're making decisions based on exhaustion, not vision.

In short? You’re trying to build from a place of depletion.

And it doesn’t work.

Space creates clarity, and clarity fuels growth

When you create intentional space; a real pause, not just "thinking in the shower", something powerful happens:

You start seeing what’s truly working (and what isn’t).
You reconnect to why you started in the first place.
You can finally distinguish between urgent noise and important action.

Space gives your brain a chance to process, prioritise, and plan with purpose.

It’s not a luxury. It’s a business-critical practice. That’s why every RESET Day, Circle, and Experience starts by slowing down, not speeding up. Because you can’t rebuild a business you love if you’re still running at burnout speed.

What creating space actually looks like

You don’t need to disappear to a mountain cabin (unless you want to, it's my dream destination!). Creating space inside your business can start small:

Book a full day off without trying to "catch up".
Turn off notifications for a weekend.
Create "CEO Time" in your calendar where no delivery work happens.
Invest in strategic support that slows you down before it speeds you up.

And most importantly? You allow yourself to step back before you push forward.

That’s exactly what a RESET Day, Circle, or Experience creates: structured space to think, feel, and plan with clarity. Because once you have space, the right strategies aren’t overwhelming. They’re obvious.