I was sitting in my neighbor’s living room during a shiva call.
She had just lost a parent.
We weren’t close, but she lived down the block.
My neighbor turned to me. A small nod.
“I’m sorry my husband couldn’t make it- he’s buried in work.”
The sentence lands.
Your brain catches up.
Too late.
That wasn’t what I meant to say. It was just the fastest version my brain could reach.
Your company has two versions of what it does.
The one you wrote down-
and the one your team says without thinking.
Pressure doesn’t create that gap. It exposes it.
Ask your team what your company does.
Don’t give them time to think.
