Have a story or inflection point to share? Tap here to message us — we’d love to hear it.Uncertainty isn’t just noisy—it quietly warps how we lead. Beki digs into the hidden cost of a chaotic year: not only drained calendars and frayed nerves, but a distorted leadership identity that turns visionary thinkers into reactive firefighters. Instead of piling on more habits and rigid routines, we step back and rebuild the architecture that protects attention, steadiness, and influence when nothing else cooperates.We start with a counterintuitive idea: reduce your surface area. If you’re reachable from every angle, your focus is rented out in fragments. Beki shows how to consolidate access points, use office hours intentionally, and set decision containers that clarify what your team owns and when to escalate. You’ll learn to stop being the bottleneck, foster real authority in others, and design meetings that make durable decisions—only when the right people, information, and power are in the room.From there, we introduce a weekly checkpoint that takes minutes, not hours. Identify one win, one moment urgency hijacked your intent, and one place you drifted into the weeds. Then choose a single adjustment for the coming week. This small, repeatable rhythm cuts through the swirl and restores strategic posture. We also unpack why one-size-fits-all behavior systems often fail: they force leaders into someone else’s template. Instead, anchor on identity—your strengths, your values, and the signals that tell you you’re slipping—so actions flow from who you are.Beki also shares the 75 LEAD challenge, a guided 75-day cadence designed to recenter your leadership identity in less than 20 minutes a day. It’s a steady framework for reducing noise, sharpening decisions, and growing leaders behind you, so you can reach for more strategic work without losing your footing.If this conversation gives you a breath of space and a plan to reclaim your week, follow the show, share it with a leader who’s under pressure, and leave a review so others can find it. Your team takes its cues from you—let’s make those cues calm, clear, and intentional.Connect with Beki on LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/BekiFraserLearn more about her coaching: TheIntrovertedSkeptic.com Learn more about 75 LEAD: FocusForGrowth.com/75LEAD Follow Short Story Long's LinkedIn Page: Linkedin.com/showcase/shortstorylongpodGet her book, C.O.A.C.H. Y.O.U.: The Introverted Skeptic’s Guide to Leadership - AmazonShort Story Long is produced by Crowned Culture Media LLC

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