You know that thing you keep saying you need to do, but you keep saying you need to do, but you keep not doing?

We have got to break that cycle and start doing.

Hi, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor.

I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help teams work better by design.

We deliver the tools and frameworks to help ensure that work is productive,

profitable, and energizing for the human spirit. I would love to come speak at your next event or

offsite to deliver the clarity, confidence, and tools that your leaders need to bring this

shift to life. Reach out today at leadabovenoise.com slash connect. So I'm not really a betting

woman, but if I were, I might bet that once or twice in your life, you've said to yourself or to someone

else, I really should get more sleep. And I also bet that you mean it. Really, you've read the studies, you believe in the

health benefits, but you keep not getting more sleep and then saying that you need to get more sleep.

Truth is, as much as we believe we need to make the change, there are very real reasons that we

don't. Whether it's the whole balancing work and a family thing

or even just the siren call of one more episode on Netflix, it's easier said than done. But also,

it's so damn important because while we postpone making the change, our health is suffering.

And the same thing is happening at work.

I work with several leadership teams on a retained basis, which means I have occasion

to run not just one meeting, but a series of meetings over the course of a year.

And for better or worse, this means that sometimes I get to catch some of their bad

patterns. So I see where they might say in one meeting, we really need to fill in the blank.

And then we come back together in a month or six months, and they're still saying they really

need to do fill in the blank, but they haven't. The reality is it's just more

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