A letter

A Letter to My Younger SelfLet me try something a little different today.Normally on this podcast we’re talking about leadership, culture,building teams, pushing performance — all the things that come with trying toelevate people and environments.But today I want to do something a little more personal.Today I want to sit down across the table from someone.A younger version of me.The guy who was stepping into leadership for the first time.Full of energy.Full of ambition.Ready to run through a brick wall.But if I’m being honest… he didn’t understand yet what leadership wasreally about.So if I could sit across from that younger version of myself today,here’s what I would say.First thing I’d tell him is this.Relax.You don’t have to have everything figured out right away.When you first step into leadership, you feel this pressure like you'resupposed to know all the answers.You think everyone is watching you.Evaluating you.Waiting to see if you really belong in that seat.And when you don’t have the answer, it feels like you're about to getexposed.Like people are going to figure out you don’t know what you’re doing.