I’m The Real Jason Duncan, here with another Beyond the Grind blog – helping entrepreneurs like you build exitable businesses that are not owner-dependent. 🚀

Recently, I had the privilege of speaking to a private group of international business leaders – men and women who are building global impact and generational wealth.

Here’s what stood out to me – they operate differently.
Not because they’re born with something the rest of us don’t have, but because they’ve trained themselves to think on a much bigger scale than most entrepreneurs ever consider.

And that way of thinking isn’t reserved for world leaders. You can adopt it too.

They Think in Decades, Not Days

Most entrepreneurs are glued to the urgent – quarterly sales numbers, weekly problems, daily to-do lists.
Global-level leaders play a different game.

They anchor every decision to a 10–20 year horizon.
It changes everything.

A short-term thinker might cut a key hire to save payroll this month.
A decade-minded leader will keep that hire because they know the long-term payoff far outweighs the short-term squeeze.

When you think in decades, bad weeks or even bad years stop rattling you.
You know you’re building something that will outlast the noise of today.

Here’s a challenge:
Imagine it’s 15 years from now and your business is still alive and thriving.
What would you need to be doing right now to make that a reality?

The answer to that question will tell you more about your priorities than any quarterly target ever could.

Addition Is Almost NEVER the Right Move

Most entrepreneurs think in terms of addition.

• One more client.

• One more product.

• One more hire.

High-level leaders think in multiplication.
They look for partnerships, platforms, or acquisitions that multiply results without multiplying effort.

And here’s the twist – they also understand the Law of Addition by Subtraction.

Sometimes, in order to grow bigger, reach higher, or become more successful, you must remove the things that are holding you back.

That might be:

• A bad habit.

• A limiting belief.

• A person or situation that drains your energy.

• Or even doing too many small things that stop you from doing one great thing.

Think of it like this: You can’t fill your cup with something new and better if it’s already full of old, stale water.

So you subtract – you remove or stop certain things – to add space, time, energy, and focus for something far greater.

• Cut the wrong clients.

• Drop the dead-end projects.

• Eliminate the distractions that dilute your focus.

Growth isn’t always about adding.
Sometimes, the fastest way up… is to let go.

They Protect Energy as Fiercely as Money

In my Five Freedoms Framework, the first freedom is Freedom of Energy – because without it, nothing else works.

Global-level leaders understand this.
They know their energy is their most valuable currency.
Without it, every other asset becomes useless.

They guard it like capital – because it is.

They say no to opportunities that drain them, even if they look profitable on paper.
They design their schedules to maximize creative and strategic thinking time.
They know when to rest, when to focus, and when to delegate.

Most entrepreneurs protect their bank account and ignore their energy account.
But when your energy balance is low, you make poor decisions, miss big opportunities, and burn out fast.

“Freedom of Energy” means you have the physical vitality and mental clarity to show up at your best – without being owned by exhaustion.

Treat your energy like money in the bank.
Deposit into it daily.
Avoid the withdrawals that aren’t worth the cost.

Bringing It Back to You

You don’t have to run a global company to think like a global leader.

These patterns are available to you right now – expanding your planning horizon, multiplying instead of adding, and protecting your energy like capital.

One of the most powerful ways I protect my energy and think bigger is by scheduling one deep work day every month.

• No phone.

• No email.

• No texts.

• No meetings.

Just uninterrupted space for strategic thinking, creative problem-solving, and long-range planning.

History’s most successful leaders understood this.

Winston Churchill painted in his garden to quiet his mind during the pressures of war.
Bill Gates took his famous “Think Weeks” in a secluded cabin, reading and writing without distraction.

If leaders of nations and billion-dollar companies could step away to think, so can you.

The bigger your vision, the more you need to create intentional space to see it clearly.

Words of Wisdom

“The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” – Proverb 21:5

Diligence isn’t about working longer hours.
It’s about slowing down long enough to think, plan, and act with intention.

Global leaders know that haste is the enemy of big vision.
They protect their time, their energy, and their focus so their plans are worth executing.

If you want long-term profit – in money, freedom, and impact – don’t just move fast.
Move with purpose.

Until next time…
Go beyond the grind,
The Real Jason Duncan 🚀