If decisions feel heavier than they should — not hard, just heavier — this episode is for you.

You’re not burned out. You’re not broken. And you’re not lacking skill. In this conversation, Tami names a pattern she sees in senior leaders: decision drag. The internal friction that shows up when you’ve outgrown the version of leadership that got you here.

• The difference between burnout and decision drag
• Why high performers often mislabel friction as exhaustion
• How outdated leadership identity creates internal debate
• What shifts when decisions are allowed to fully land

When decisions cost more energy than they used to, it’s not always workload.

Sometimes it’s misalignment inside your leadership operating system.

You’re still capable. You’re still performing. But the internal debate is louder than it should be.

• Where you revisit decisions that were already made
• Where you rehearse conversations after the fact
• Where you gather one more opinion even though you already know

No fixing. Just noticing.

Burnout versus decision drag, leadership identity evolution, internal misalignment, leadership operating systems, and the energetic cost of unsettled decisions are explored throughout this episode.

This month, we’re going deeper into decision drag — what causes it, how to diagnose it, and what actually recalibrates it at the system level.

The heaviness you’re feeling isn’t weakness. It’s evolution.

The version of you that got you here may not be the version required for what’s next. And that’s not a crisis — it’s a calling.

When leadership feels lighter, it’s not because the stakes are lower. It’s because the internal debate is quieter.

If you’re ready to look at this at the system level, that’s the work we do inside a Leadership Strategy Call.

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