Self
The leader's own state as a first-order variable.
- Staying technical, deliberately
The role pulls leaders away from the work it requires them to judge.
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- Energy, attention, the finite week
40 useful hours of attention, not 60. Design the week around it.
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- Reading your own state honestlySoon
Leaders make worse decisions when tired, anxious, or triggered, and almost never notice.
- When to step back, when to step inSoon
Intervening too fast and too late are both common.