Are you surviving on adrenaline and sheer willpower, bouncing from back-to-back meetings while your inbox piles up? You aren’t alone. This is the modern leadership crisis. We try to outwork the overwhelm, but we can’t simply hack our way out of fundamentally broken habits.

In today’s briefing, Ryan and Emily explore “Finding the Space to Lead” by Janice Marturano, a former Vice President at General Mills. Discover why elite leadership isn’t about squeezing more into your day, but actually learning how to stop. You’ll learn the game-changing tool of the “Purposeful Pause” to step off the autopilot treadmill and reclaim your focus, clarity, and decision-making power.

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