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Every professional knows that moment when tension spikes. A meeting turns sideways. A partner or client raises their voice. The conversation stops being about solutions and starts being about survival. That’s when most people lose control—not because they’re weak, but because biology takes over. The pulse races, the breath shortens, and the part of the brain built for strategy shuts down. Emotion grabs the steering wheel. The result? Damage. To relationships. To credibility.

Everywhere you look, people say the same thing: “I just don’t have time.” But let’s be honest — most of us do. We’re just leaking it. Quietly, invisibly, and constantly. I see it every day in high performers — managers, executives, founders. They’re not lazy. They’re scattered. They confuse being busy with being productive. They move from meeting to meeting, email to email, telling themselves they’ll “catch up” later. But later never comes. And it’s not just an efficiency pro

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