Every year, in late December or early January, I put a “no meetings” block in my calendar, wait for the family breakfast bustle to fade, and then—still in my pyjamas and at my best energy time with a clear and creative headspace —I take a quiet morning to take stock of the past year and think strategically about the year ahead. Stephen Covey’s familiar metaphor of rocks, pebbles and sand is usually in the back of my mind. Time and energy are finite. If you don’t put the rocks

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