Stress is a top topic for coaching and it has always hit me is that showing how busy we are as a top manager is a norm showing our engagement to the company. Dr. Darria Long, an Emergency Room doctor, kindly teach us a humility lesson. Do we have the right to say we are “crazy busy”? In addition, she demonstrates that being “crazy busy” is proof that we are under stress, not in control and so less performant. So being clear, there is no value in a “crazy busy” attitude. Dr. Long, with clarity and empathy, gives us the steps to tackle this attitude. Nothing revolutionary, we heard those advises thousand of times, but they have a different weight when they are coming from Darria Long. So I invite you to listen to her talk, whatever you are “crazy busy” or not. It will remind you of some lived experiences… So at the end of this talk, you should be able:

• to organize your triage process: what is really important? the red color, to the black color you should give up

• to design your organization for your crazy: fewer decisions means less stress and less “crazy mode”

• to find a way not “get off your own head”, maybe the most difficult thing to do, to monitor your internal “crazy busy voice”.

I would just add one tip, delegation: delegate what you can delegate, it will also have an impact on your “crazy mode” management. Have a nice watching moment.