You solve problems other people cannot even see coming. So why does one unexpected obstacle in the middle of a Tuesday derail your entire day?
Not slow you down. Derail you. Reset your schedule, drain your clarity, and leave you running on friction for the rest of the afternoon.
Your operating system is not broken. It is running a pattern that has never been named. Until now.
The Close Loop Hostage Effect™ is something Coach JoyGenea named because she lived it, and because it shows up in nearly every high-performing, neurodivergent leader she works with. The blind spot is not your capacity. It is the mechanism running underneath your reactions that nobody ever taught you to recognize.
Once you see it, your reactions will never look the same again.
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You are the most capable people in every room you walk into. So why does one expected… unexpected obstacle in the middle of a Tuesday completely derail your whole day? I have a name for what is happening to you, and once you understand it, you will never look at your reactions the same way again.
I promise. So we’re gonna get real. Hi, I’m Coach JoyGenea. I work with high-performing leaders and founders who are unconventional and different thinkers. People who have built something real, who solve problems other people can’t even come close to solving, and who care more than most people ever will or ever know.
And today, I wanna talk to you about something I have never seen named anywhere else. I did a bunch of searching, trust me . Something I had to name myself because I lived it, and because I see it in almost every leader I work with. It is called the close loop hostage effect.