Everything in this series so far has been a one-time exercise. Find the pattern. Name the role. Take one thing off. Each of those is worth doing once, and each of them decays. That is not pessimism, it is just how a busy quarter works. The week fills back in. The request you would have declined in September arrives in November, when you are tired, and it is easier to say yes. Three months after the subtraction, most leaders are carrying the same load in a different shape. So