Here’s the story most leaders carry: I’m different at work. I’m on. I’m focused. Whatever is going on at home stays at home.
I understand the appeal. It feels like discipline. Like professionalism. Like exactly the kind of thing a high performer should be able to do.
But it’s not true. And the cost of believing it is enormous.
You’re a whole person—not a work person and a home person operating separately. The leader who learns to pause and respond thoughtfully instead of reacting brings that same presence to a tense board meeting, a difficult conversation with their spouse, and every space in between.
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