Here’s the quiet pattern I see in senior leaders under sustained pressure…decision quality drops long before motivation does. Not because people don’t care, but because their nervous system is overloaded. 🧠Our brains have a limited capacity for self-regulation and decision-making across the day. ❌Prolonged cognitive demand increases mental fatigue, reducing accuracy, impulse control, and judgement ❌This effect is linked to changes in prefrontal cortex activity and rising str

Most leaders I work with believe recovery only happens when the diary is empty. No meetings. No emails. No noise. But this week, walking through a snow-covered Paris, the lesson felt different. Recovery isn’t the absence of life…it’s the presence of the right inputs.

Full inboxes. Big expectations. Quiet pressure to make this year count. Here’s the reframe I’m sharing with leaders this week. The best years aren’t launched with intensity, they’re built with intention. January doesn’t need grand declarations or heroic routines…it needs rhythm. What the science keeps reminding us 👇 Behaviour change research shows that small, repeatable actions are far more likely to stick than ambitious resets (Lally et al., 2010 - https://psycnet.apa.org/r