09/08/2026
Brace, brace, brace, brace.
This is what we would scream at the top of our lungs in an emergency landing situation.
At Emirates Airline, we trained for this over and over again. We prepared for the emergency before the emergency ever happened.
Thankfully, it never did.
But in the business world, emergency situations can feel a lot more real.
I want you to imagine this.
It's Sunday night.
You've finally relaxed after a big week of work. Saturday was mentally draining, but by Sunday you've found some peace of mind.
Now you're looking towards the new week with hope for a better future.
A clean slate.
No conflicts.
New services sold.
New opportunities ahead.
The mind is in a good place: high hope, low doubt.
And that was the plan...
Until the body starts squirting cortisol at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning.
The adrenal glands start pumping. The fight-or-flight response kicks in.
Suddenly, that high hope and low doubt starts disappearing, and anxiety begins creeping in.
And it's not always about external worries.
It's often about the inner operations of the business.
Do I have enough time?
Do I have the right team?
Do we have enough resources?
Whose bad habits are going to slip back in this week?
Now the battle is with the inner demons.
And that's how Monday begins:
Poor sleep. High anxiety.
And by the way, some level of this is normal.
One of my mentors once told me, "If you're not having the feeling of three or four heart attacks a week about your business, you're not in business yet—or you're not pushing hard enough."
The lesson for me was that as business people, we have to learn how to manage these anticipatory anxieties.
We need to better regulate the stress response, our hormonal balance, and the way our body responds under pressure.
For me, technology has become part of that process.
Since I started using sound frequency therapies as part of the way I manage my physical, emotional and mental state, I've noticed that I feel much calmer.
Those moments of intense business anxiety still come.
The difference is they go almost as quickly as they came.
If you'd like to know what I'm doing to better manage my emotions in business, click the link in my bio.
