Marc Haine argues that when leaders face minor setbacks like rude emails or project delays, their instinctive reactions—giving up, lashing out, escaping—sabotage them. These aren't business problems but brain-level habits. Your instincts may be quietly undermining your leadership.
We talk a big game about resilience, about grit right up until the moment that things hit the fan. And by things, you know what I mean, right? You get one rude email, one delay, one awkward meeting, and suddenly, we're ready to give up, lash out, and binge-watch cat videos until our problems disappear. And the truth is most of us aren't really dealing with the business problems. We're dealing with brain problems. So, are your instincts, you know, the one thing that's followed you around since the dawn of time, since your very birth, are they helping you succeed? Or are they quietly sabotaging your leadership and your leadership ability within your business?
