Sometimes the most powerful move you can make… is to pause. After wildly successful stints at @google and @Taskrabbit, Stacy Brown-Philpot took a six-day silent retreat — and came back with a vision that led to her founding Cherryrock Capital (and raise a cool $172 million). She joins Jeff Berman to share why taking time for yourself isn’t a luxury — it’s the key to clarity, purpose, and truly fulfilling work. Watch the full episode at the link in our bio.

Everybody wanted a thing from me. After TaskRabbit, I want you to do this. I want you to serve on this board. I want you to be the CEO of this private company. I want you to be the CEO of this public company. The world needs a Black female CEO in this role. But that centralness brought me to what do I really want? I took time off after I left TaskRabbit and I did two things. I promised myself I'd say no to everything for six months. The second thing I did was a silent retreat. And then the clarity that came after that was just a centeredness that I don't think I'd experienced in my whole life. And I was okay not fulfilling someone else's expectations of me, but fulfilling my own expectations of myself.