Finding Your Golden Hour: The Most Powerful Time of Your Day

There’s something magical about those early morning hours - the quiet before the world wakes up, before the emails start, before everyone else’s demands take over. I call this your Golden Hour - and it’s the foundation of everything I teach about creating meaningful progress in work and life.

What is a Golden Hour?

Your Golden Hour is time that belongs entirely to you. It’s the most powerful hour of your day - protected from distractions, interruptions, and other people’s agendas.

For many of my clients, this is in the morning. There’s good reason: mornings carry disproportionate weight. If they’re spent well, they give us confidence, competence, and momentum. Our thinking is clearer, fewer distractions have built up, and energy hasn’t yet been drained.

And here’s the power of it: 

One hour a day adds up to NINE extra weeks a year (based on a 40-hour work week)

And these aren’t any old hours, these are needle-moving hours!

Even half an hour still gives you four+ weeks. That’s meaningful progress on the goals that usually get squeezed out.

Why Golden Hours Are So Hard to Keep

Here’s the reality: Golden Hours are hard to create, and even harder to protect.

When work gets busy, the first thing to disappear is strategic time. Bigger-picture thinking, deep work, or even the self-care that keeps you resilient. It all gets squeezed out by the urgent.

And even if you manage to carve the time out, the next challenge is knowing what to do with it. Without clarity, it’s easy for that precious hour to get lost in email, admin, or the path of least resistance.

Why I Created Vision Unblocked

This is exactly why I designed Vision Unblocked: to help you both make space for Golden Hours and know how to use them.

Because here’s what I’ve learned: if you can consistently dedicate just one hour a day to what matters most, that’s the equivalent of six extra weeks a year. Even half an hour adds up to three.

But none of that happens without two things:

1. Protecting the time.

2. Having clarity about how to fill it.

That’s what Vision Unblocked gives you.

Getting Started

Golden Hours aren’t about squeezing in more. 

Clients who commit to this often end up cutting projects that aren’t really important - something that only becomes clear once they have space to think.

Start small. Even 30 minutes, if it’s truly yours, can be transformative. The preparation - knowing what matters most to you - is the part that makes the habit stick.

Your Golden Hour Awaits

At Refreshing Leadership, we look for simple, high-leverage wins. Golden Hours are one of the most powerful.

Imagine what becomes possible when you consistently show up for even half an hour that belongs entirely to you.

Vision Unblocked is a 3-day micro-programme that walks you through the three steps my clients use to protect their Golden Hours and fill them with what matters most. In less than two hours, you’ll have a practical plan - and feedback on your vision.

Less than two hours to unlock an six extra weeks of focus each year??

Yes Please!

If you’re overwhelmed but not making progress on what matters most, this is the place to start.