Mindfulness for Better Business Decisions: How I Stopped Reacting and Started Thinking
I used to make snap decisions in meetings and regret them by dinner. A critical email would land at 9 a.m. and I would fire back a response by 9:04. A direct report would push back on a deadline and I would escalate before hearing the full context. My calendar was back-to-back, my inbox was a fire hose, and my decision quality was deteriorating in direct proportion to my stress level. I did not notice until my CEO pulled me aside after a particularly harsh all-hands and asked if I was okay. I was not. I was just busy. That…