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Pie chart of an overworked CEO's 63-hour work week: 31 hours on decisions someone else could make, 14 hours in no-value meetings, 9 hours on rework, 4 hours on strategic work. Rajesh calls it The Exhaustion Badge. — Rajesh Nagjee, CEO Mentor & Coach
Pie chart of an overworked CEO's 63-hour work week: 31 hours on decisions someone else could make, 14 hours in no-value meetings, 9 hours on rework, 4 hours on strategic work. Rajesh calls it The Exhaustion Badge. — Rajesh Nagjee, CEO Mentor & Coach

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Top Read | 92K+ Views

73% of C-level executives report being overworked.

73% of C-level executives report being overworked.

But overwork isn't the disease. It's the symptom.

I tracked a CEO's week. $11M company. Sixty-three hours logged. He wore it like a medal.

I tracked a CEO's week. $11M company. Sixty-three hours logged. He wore it like a medal. Then I asked him to categorize those hours.

He wasn't overworked. He was over-deciding.

Then I asked him to categorize those hours.

- Strategic decisions: 4 hours.
- Decisions others could have made: 31 hours.
- Meetings where he added no value: 14 hours.
- Rework from unclear delegation: 9 hours.

He wasn't overworked. He was over-deciding.

- Strategic decisions: 4 hours.
- Decisions others could have made: 31 hours.
- Meetings where he added no value: 14 hours.
- Rework from unclear delegation: 9 hours.

I call this The Exhaustion Badge.

I call this The Exhaustion Badge.

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350+ CEOs. 40+ industries. One pattern: growth-stage businesses stall when the founder becomes the structural constraint.

Rajesh Nagjee spent 30+ years building the operating system that fixes that. CEO Freedom OS™ has helped founder-led companies across the UAE, India, and Southeast Asia reclaim 20+ hours a month while scaling sustainably.

CEO Mentor & Coach. YPO Certified Forum Facilitator. Certified Chair™ (Advisory Board Centre). NLP Practitioner. Sloan Masters, London Business School.

350+ CEOs. 40+ industries. One pattern: growth-stage businesses stall when the founder becomes the structural constraint.

Rajesh Nagjee spent 30+ years building the operating system that fixes that. CEO Freedom OS™ has helped founder-led companies across the UAE, India, and Southeast Asia reclaim 20+ hours a month while scaling sustainably.

CEO Mentor & Coach. YPO Certified Forum Facilitator. Certified Chair™ (Advisory Board Centre). NLP Practitioner. Sloan Masters, London Business School.

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