The $57,000/Hour Problem Hiding in Your Leadership
(And No, It’s Not Your Salary)
You know the feeling.
It’s 4:47 PM. You’ve spent 90 minutes reviewing the same vendor proposal.
“Just one more comparison,” you tell yourself, reopening your 17th browser tab.
Your chest feels tight. Your assistant pings: “Need the decision by 5.”
Here’s what’s really happening: That hesitation isn’t just frustrating, it’s quietly costing your company over $1 million a year.
The Math Every Business Leader Should See
Your Time:
10 hours/week lost to indecision × 48 weeks = 480 hours/year
At your $250K salary? $57,600 washed down the drain
Your Team’s Domino Effect:
When you’re in analysis-paralysis:Projects stall (your engineers idle)
Junior staff over-research to compensate
Meetings multiply to “revisit” pending choices
Cost: At least $132,000/year in collective productivity
The Silent Killer: Missed Opportunities
That delayed product launch? Competitors captured 14% market share.
The hiring freeze “until Q3”? Your star candidate took a rival’s offer.
Harvard Business Review found this indecision costs mid-sized firms 7.4% of annual revenue.
For a $15M company? $1.1 million vanished.
Why Coffee Won’t Fix This
This isn’t fatigue. It’s your body’s learned alarm system misfiring:
Past failures (a blown product launch, a humiliating board presentation)
Created physical reactions (that chest tightness, midnight stomach knots)
That now hijack decisions automatically
Traditional solutions miss the mark:
☕ More coffee? Fuels the anxiety cycle.
📊 Another decision framework? Your nervous system overrides it when stakes feel high.
🗣️ Therapy exploring childhood patterns? Takes too long, and opportunities keep slipping away.
The Breakthrough We Use
In my Decision Mastery Intensive, I help executives like you:
Locate the root cause (e.g., the failed launch that made risks feel catastrophic)
Release its grip using eye movements + mental imagery (no reliving trauma)
Reset your body’s alarm system so “high stakes” triggers clarity, not paralysis
→ Result? Choices flow. Backlogs vanish. Revenue moves forward.
The Real ROI
This isn’t about more “productivity hacks.” It’s about getting back:
$1.2M+ in hidden annual costs
10 hours/week of mental bandwidth
The authority your role demands
The cost of indecision isn’t just financial, it’s the slow erosion of your leadership.
Ready to defuse the alarm?
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