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The constant race on the work treadmill doesn\u2019t just steal your time. It systematically decays every relationship you have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
During a recent keynote, I asked leaders in the room a simple question: \u201cHow many of you have cancelled plans with someone you care about, family, friends, a partner, because something came up at work?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nearly every hand went up.<\/p>\n
Then I asked: \u201cHow many of you have done it more than once this month?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Most hands stayed up. There were a few nervous laughs. Recognition ripples through the room. These aren\u2019t disengaged leaders. They\u2019re high performers who genuinely believe they\u2019ll make it up later. They won\u2019t.<\/p>\n
And here\u2019s what most don\u2019t realize: the same pattern playing out at home is playing out at work too. The same leader who cancels on their partner because \u201csomething came up\u201d is also skipping the coffee with a new peer, postponing the visit to a colleague\u2019s office, replacing a real conversation with another email. The difference? At home, the people and relationships you\u2019re neglecting will eventually let you know. At work, your colleagues will simply stop collaborating. And by the time you notice, the damage is done.<\/p>\n
We tell ourselves busyness is the price of high performance. But what if it\u2019s actually undermining it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n