Tag: mental-health
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The Biggest Productivity Lie: Why Time Management Fails the Exhausted Leader
When I first started climbing the ladder, I was obsessed with time management. Like many leaders in tech, I viewed my planner as the ultimate tool for control. I color-coded my calendar, mastered task batching, and achieved near-perfect calendar utilization. I was “doing it all.” The painful truth? Despite my perfect schedule, I was running…
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When the Work You Love Starts to Hurt
Burnout doesn’t always look like collapse. Sometimes it just looks like you, but with the light dimmed. For me, it started with headaches. The kind you wake up with in the morning and carry with you into every meeting. Then came the cynicism. Which, if you know me, is very unlike me. I used to…
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Designing a Life I Love: A Sabbatical Check-In
Three months ago, I left my director role at Google to take a deliberate pause.I had a planโa structure built around three pillars that mattered deeply to me: I was excited, a little scared, and mostly curiousโwhat would actually happen when the plan met reality? Now, a quarter into this sabbatical year, I wanted to…
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The Way Out Is In
The Emotion Escape Route “I just can’t deal with this anger. I need it to GO AWAY.” Have you ever found yourself desperately trying to escape uncomfortable emotions? That tightness in your chest during a high-stakes meeting. The knot in your stomach before delivering difficult feedback. The racing thoughts that keep you up at 3…
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Why I Left My Director Role at Google: A Case for Intentional Career Breaks
The Difficult Decision My path to this sabbatical wasn’t conventional. As a Director at Google with a passion for coaching and helping people grow, I found myself at a critical crossroads. My current workplace didn’t offer a sabbatical option, which meant making the bold decision to resign and design a year of intentional personal and…
Mor Schlesinger 