15/03/2026
Snapping isn't your personality, but it is a signal. If you've become more impatient lately, more irritable, shorter with your team, definitely more reactive at home. It's not a character flaw. Nor do you have dementia.
You're not losing your mind. It's physiology underload. Irritabilities often inflammation plus overload, blood sugar instability, hormonal fluctuation, too much fasting, missing breakfast, sleep debt, chronic stress, and your nervous system stops filtering.
Everything feels louder and more annoying. But here's the part most CEOs miss. Your team feels your nervous system. They don't just hear your words, they feel your state. And dysregulation spreads. Unhappiness spreads, but so does calm. Regulation restores authority.
When your nervous system is stable, your decisions sharpen. Your tone softens. Your presence deepens. You don't need to dominate the room. You anchor it.
Calm isn't passive. Calm is power. And powerful leaders regulate first and then respond.