[jjakque]

Do you mean like parental instinct? When you are in 'father mode', you physically and mentally geared up and ready to take up the role.

[senectus1]

My first thoughts were that it was like that, but I realized after a few weeks that I was thinking like that at work as well, when nowhere near the kid.

[jjakque]

I think you may have got better at managing both your tasks and time :)

Very possible that been a father cornered you to think more pragmatically in daily life, and that translates to how you do things at work.