Running From Greatness

I was challenged recently to look for the through lines in my life.

The moments that connect the dots. The patterns that explain how I ended up here. One kept showing up.

Leadership.

Or more honestly—running from it.

Most people know they have something in them. Talent. Capacity. A pull toward more responsibility. And instead of chasing it, they avoid it.

Because greatness has a cost.

When you’re good at things, people rely on you. Expect more from you. Hand you weight they don’t want to carry themselves. Over time, it can feel like you’re doing the lifting while everyone else benefits. And if you’re not careful, that turns into resentment. Or loneliness. Or the quiet decision to play smaller than you’re capable of.

I’ve made that decision more than once.

For a long time, I avoided a linear path. I worried about how things looked. Whether they made sense to other people. Whether I was “wasting” potential.

Eventually, I stopped trying to explain it. I decided I would do the things I felt called to do. Follow curiosity. Trust intuition. Be willing to look foolish. Be willing to fail.

That was the shift.

Because leadership isn’t about certainty. It’s about answering the call anyway.

The work I care about now is helping people stop running from their own light.

Not because it’s easy.

But because it’s necessary.

People are tired. Confused. Searching for someone willing to step forward and say, this matters. That kind of leadership doesn’t come from titles. It comes from alignment.

It requires doing small things consistently. Keeping promises.

It requires building real competence—not just consuming information, but being able to deliver outcomes.

It requires learning how to communicate a vision so others can carry it with you.

And it requires energy—not frantic energy, but sustainable capacity.

No more asking for less responsibility. It requires you to be strong enough to carry more without it crushing you.

And just as important—you have to learn what isn’t yours to carry.

You’re not required to hold everyone else’s weight. You never were.

Your job is simpler than that.

• Create value.
• Be good to people.
• Live with integrity.
• And step into the leadership you keep pretending isn’t meant for you.

The world doesn’t need you smaller.

It needs you willing.

And that starts when you stop running

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Two great pieces of content to share:

Jay Shetty and Tony Robbins: Master This Mindset https://youtu.be/SMYKAbbOefA?si=beKcmuCMtdTDaSgk

The Knowledge Project: The Multidisciplinary Approach to Thinking https://youtu.be/bbHZoNj2ogI?si=APB8urZw6GlhI44l

P.S. I wanted to post today so forgive typos or improper formatting since I’m doing everything from my phone.