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Unfinished decisions quietly drain leaders. Scott Smith explores why cognitive weight builds when nothing feels complete, and how judgment carries the cost.

🎙️ Episode Summary

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” — William James

Some pressure doesn’t arrive as stress or panic.
It arrives as weight.

In this episode, Scott Smith examines the mental burden created by unfinished leadership loops. The conversations not closed. The decisions postponed. The expectations left unclear.

This is not about workload.
It’s about judgment under load.

When nothing feels finished, leaders carry invisible cognitive weight that slows thinking, thins patience, and quietly erodes clarity. This episode names that pressure without trying to solve it, allowing leaders to see it for what it is.

🧠 What You’ll Learn Today
• Why unfinished decisions create mental drag
• How open loops tax judgment over time
• The difference between being busy and being burdened
• Why clarity feels lighter than momentum
• How pressure can come from within, not outside

🔍 Tags:
Stoicism, Leadership Pressure, Cognitive Load, Judgment, Decision Fatigue, Clarity, Inner Strategy

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Hosted by Scott Smith, founder of Akhada Consulting, co-founder of ChatWorx, and host of The Outsourcing Blueprint podcast, this series blends ancient Stoic wisdom with real-world business strategy to help you lead with clarity, manage both your teams and yourself effectively, and move with purpose.

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