Sleep and Decision-Making: Why Exhausted Leaders Make Costly Choices The Clarity Mandate with Dr. Vivian Atud

The Clarity Mandate with Dr. Vivian Atud · Oct 15, 2026 · 8m

Some bad decisions begin with bad information.

Others begin with an exhausted leader.

You can have the report, the experience, the qualifications, and the authority—and still bring a depleted mind into a consequential moment.

When you are exhausted, urgency can feel like truth.

Irritation can sound like discernment.

Fear can dress itself up as wisdom.

Before you send that email, end that partnership, abandon that project, or make that commitment, consider this:

Do I need to make a decision—or do I first need to recover enough to evaluate it clearly?

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