From Reactive to Responsive · with Jaime Waterfield

The first tell wasn’t a feeling. It was her jaw.

Jaime didn’t notice the moment she crossed over. She noticed the after: the urgency that had nothing to do with what was in front of her, the call where her voice was clipped, the reply she fired before the other person finished a sentence.

What changed wasn’t insight. It was paying attention to the body. The jaw was first. Then the chest. Then the voice. Once she knew what to look for, she could catch it earlier and earlier — and meet it with one slow breath instead of a faster reply.

The first tell isn’t a feeling. It’s a body cue. Once I knew what to look for, I could catch it earlier and earlier. Now I treat those signals as information, not character flaws.— Jaime Waterfield

Her full conversation with Jen, including the cues most leaders miss and the 60-second resets that put you back in the seat, is happening live next week.