"#6 This Week Is Weird. You're Allowed to Feel Weird About It"

It's December 29th. You're sitting at your desk. Your team chat is silent. Nobody's answering emails. You feel guilty for not working hard enough, but also guilty for not properly resting because you're technically still working.

That's not work. That's not rest. That's just existing in limbo and feeling bad about it.

In this episode, we talk about why this week is actually perfect for something valuable and how to use it:

• Why your brain is in reflection mode this week and fighting it is pointless
• The five questions to ask yourself that will change how you lead next year
• What drained you most as a manager and how to protect yourself from it
• The conversations you avoided that you need to have in January
• The three promises every leader should make for the new year: hard conversations within 48 hours, protect your energy like it's gold, change your mind out loud
• Why elaborate goal-setting fails and what actually creates clarity

This isn't about New Year's resolutions you'll abandon by February. It's about using thirty minutes this week to get real clarity that will guide you better than any corporate planning framework ever could.

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