Where Deep Work Meets Shallow Time: Why We Keep Arguing With the Wrong Thing
Most advisors I know carry a private unease. It lives in the gap between what we can see clearly when we are alone with a situation, and what we can actually say once we walk into the room. Outside the meeting, the pattern is obvious. The avoidance is named, the dynamic is mapped, the unspoken is almost speakable. Inside the meeting, the same pattern goes silent. I hear myself reach for a softer word, a more strategic-sounding metric, a frame that fits the agenda. The room nods. The work does not happen.
