Always running behind as a CEO/CXO/Leader?

So you’re late.
Running behind on time.

Rush this meal. Don’t chew enough. Poor digestion because the nervous system was set to stress. Food putrefies. You get bloated. Create gut health issues. Feel fat. Lower mood. Drawn to sugar to calm down. Blood sugar rollercoaster. Post lunch energy slump. Exhausted when you arrive home. Crappy sleep follows. Cycle continues.

You create a habit of eating fast and all the consequences that follow.

So you’re late.
Running behind on time.

Race the kids. Pressure them to move faster. Dress them. Remove distractions. Berate their lack of focus. They learn to resist. They learn that they lack focus. They learn that they are behind. They start their day flustered. The worst possible preparation for learning.

You have successfully transfer the habit to them.

So you’re late.
Running behind on time.

No worries. Skip the 15 minute day planning session. Back on track. But now you don’t know the objectives of your day. Meetings end without alignment, ownership and new action. Interruptions are accepted. Nothing is important so everything is. The day is chased and unfulfilling. You get home late and work into the evening on tasks that seem urgent.

A habit is formed of dopamine rewarding reactive productivity. You health is suffering because your mind never rests.

So you’re late.
Running behind on time.

No problem. Speed up your actions and interactions. Write the email faster, confuse or offend the receiver, either weakening the relationship, cause unnecessary delays, avoidable clarification email or wrong tasks being done. Take the 1-2-1 more quickly and spread the same chaos. Take the meeting more quickly, spread the same chaos.

You’ve created the habit of poor communication and fire fighting.

Habits are easily formed. They spring from belief. One as simple as, ‘I’m late’ or ‘I’m behind’ can drive you to operate permanently as if you should be somewhere other than where you are. Before long you are chasing your whole life. Racing after dopamine rewards until the pathway is exhausted and the dopamine runs dry. This is where burnout lives.

I’ve got 2 spaces for new 1-to-1 coaching clients. If you’d like to step of this treadmill and get present then message me on here.