At this level, managing your own performance is the risk.

Self-managing here is not discipline. It is exposure.

It works early. It fails later.

The stakes are higher. The system is more complex.
Blind spots now carry real cost.

What feels off before it’s obvious

This rarely looks like failure.

It looks like this.

• Decisions take longer than they used to.

• The same issues come back again and again.

• You carry more context than anyone else.

• Progress feels heavier than it should.

• Effort goes up. Clarity goes down. Doubt creeps in.

The business keeps moving forward.

You feel slower than you look on paper.

Pushing harder already failed.

There’s a way this level can feel lighter without losing edge.

Fewer loops. Fewer second guesses.

Once you see it, it’s clear this was never about effort. It was about having the right structure in place.

This is not about fixing you.

It’s about seeing clearly enough to decide.

To clarify the real bottleneck.

I work with Series A+ founders and senior executives running $3M+ companies.

One question I ask early:
“What decision has been sitting with you longer than it should?”

In most cases, clarity comes faster than expected.

Dr. Yishai Barkhordari
Executive & Founder Advisor
Decision Speed. Mental Edge. High-stakes leadership.