"Gravity never lies: 78kg → 67kg." From heavy and fatigued to lean, muscular, and clear-headed through hundreds of days of road running and barbell conditioning.
The Executive Wake-Up Call at 78 Kilograms
In business, when a crucial operating metric drifts off target, an executive does not hope for improvement—you implement an uncompromising operational protocol. In late 2023, following consecutive transatlantic expansion sprints, I weighed in at 78 kilograms. Afternoon cognitive sessions felt sluggish, and recovery between overseas flights lagged.
I chose to treat my physical body not as an afterthought, but as the foundational hardware upon which all strategic thinking, global client negotiations, and engineering decisions operate.
Leadership is Physical
In the corporate world, people love to talk about strategy, AI, and business models. But I have learned over decades of building manufacturing enterprises that every great endeavor requires an unshakeable physical foundation. If your body collapses, all your ambitions turn to zero.