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In February 2026, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told the Financial Times that most tasks performed by lawyers, accountants, and other professionals will be fully automated within 12 to 18 months. Companies aren't waiting for proof — they're already restructuring workforces around AI's future capability. The future is rewriting the present. Now. And yet the dominant advice remains: stay curious, embrace change, develop a growth mindset. That advice isn't wrong. It's just dangerously insufficient. Because here's what the research actually shows: chronic stress physically degrades the prefrontal cortex — the exact same part of your brain responsible for learning, cognitive flexibility, and decision-making. The very capabilities the AI era demands are the first casualties the AI era creates. Telling someone to adapt when their system is fried is like telling them to get fit by running while their legs are broken. People are not failing to adapt because they lack the right attitude. They're failing because the