<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Mentally Checked Out on Own The Leap</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/tags/mentally-checked-out/</link><description>Recent content in Mentally Checked Out on Own The Leap</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://owntheleap.com/tags/mentally-checked-out/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>What I Think About in Meetings Now</title><link>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-i-think-about-in-meetings-now/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://owntheleap.com/posts/what-i-think-about-in-meetings-now/</guid><description>&lt;p>Monday morning. 9:00 AM standup. Seven people on Zoom, four cameras on, three off. My manager is sharing his screen, walking through the Q2 pipeline review. I&amp;rsquo;m nodding. I&amp;rsquo;m making the right faces at the right times. I&amp;rsquo;ve been making the right faces in meetings for so long I could probably do it asleep.&lt;/p>
&lt;p>Here&amp;rsquo;s what I&amp;rsquo;m actually thinking about: whether $12,000 per engagement is too high for a first client.&lt;/p></description></item></channel></rss>