Stop Waiting to Feel Ready

Stop Waiting to Feel Ready In fifth grade, I tried out for the cheerleading team. My best friend made it. I didn’t. For a week, I stood on the sidelines while she practiced. I knew every cheer. I had memorized the moves. But during tryouts, I held back. I was careful. Controlled. Not fully in. […]

Hard Work Is Not a Strategy

Hard Work Is Not a Strategy For most of my early career, I believed something that many high performers believe: If I worked hard enough, everything else would take care of itself. I delivered results.I stayed late.I checked every box on the promotion rubric handed to us as new MBAs. And when promotion decisions were […]