Self
The leader's own state as a first-order variable.
- Staying technical enough to have tasteSoon
Not enough to ship, but enough to smell the wrong answer.
- Energy, attention, the finite weekSoon
40 useful hours of attention, not 60. Design the week around it.
- 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.