8. What Your Effort Is Really Telling You

In this episode, we explore why effort so often becomes the default response at senior levels of leadership - and what your own level of effort can tell you about how the system around you is really working. We’ll look at: why staying close and involved often feels like the most responsible optionwhat’s actually happening in the brain when leaders step in under uncertaintyand how sustained effort can act as a signal — not of failure, but of something else being carried by you that may not belong there This isn’t about doing less, stepping back, or changing your standards. It’s about understanding why effort feels necessary, and what information your effort might be giving you.