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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

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.

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.

I call this The Exhaustion Badge.

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