Why pausing matters when everything feels urgent Some days aren’t meant for fixing. They’re meant for staying upright. Today reminded me of a lesson I’ve learned more than once on the road: you don’t move furniture during an earthquake . When systems fail, information conflicts, and fear starts running ahead of facts, the instinct is to act immediately. Fix the account. Reset the password. Make a decision. Go somewhere. Do something. That instinct can be dangerous. I’ve exper