# Executives Who Work Weekends By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2024-01-21 Why do many executives feel compelled to work on the weekends? Many would say it's due to insufficient time during the week. When probed deeper, many will say they have too many meetings because they have too many responsibilities and must ensure everything is moving forward in the organization. But who judges whether this is a reality or merely a biased opinion? As someone at the top, the executive is the only one who can make such a distinction. A reflective executive may seek a coach or mentor to discern why one's work life is so chaotic. Only some pursue this path authentically. Most only do so because it looks good and indicates one is human. These executives are only busy because they have no sense of what is essential. When one has no sense of values, self, and the essential, one drifts from one thing to the next in endless improv of "yes and." One might think executives are skilled at prioritization, but most are only great at the "yes and" improv of modern business rhetoric. There are so many competing management fads and belief systems that most executives have no coherent vision or opinion. Thus, they get pulled in every direction under the sun while weaving a web on managerial babel. If one calls out such words or behavior, these executives can make one suffer or become organizationally irrelevant. If only one were a true believer, one would get it and follow the executive who knows better. Or, one doesn't get it because one is not an executive like them. So, the game cycles incoherently into oblivion. Mediocrity is the only cure. If executives embrace mediocrity, they will stop working the weekend because mediocre executives do not work the weekend. This will force them to start prioritizing what is important and get their shit together during the week. Ironically, mediocrity might make a better human and executive. #### Related Items