She stands at the front of the room exuding confidence.
Your companion leans over and whispers, “Remember when she was just another newbie? We all started out together, and back then, she didn’t know any more than you or me, but look at her now!”
And you have to admit, she seems born to instruct — or command. Fielding questions without a flicker of nervousness, explaining fine points with such personal assurance that no one questions her expertise. A natural leader.
Of course, in the back of your mind there’s still a touch of reserve. She’s not explaining anything you couldn’t. But you have to admit, she just seems so doggone comfortable up there, so natural. So in-command of herself and the room.
Her confidence, however, which today seems so sure and unshakable, was almost certainly cast in a crucible of the same insecurities and self doubts you face every day.
In other words, that natural leader was made, not born.
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