Over many years of entrepreneurship, I've discovered that few people really set out and intend to be leaders.

Most people, like me, like we have an idea or a passion, and then we create a business.

And then that business became so successful, or maybe it grew so big, that it became impossible to do everything on their own.

So they, just like me, we cautiously build a team.

But I have to be honest, unless you're

very intentional about it, you, just like me, just kind of stepped into leadership and then we

crossed our fingers and we're like, oh, I hope it works out. And then one day you realize,

you have no idea what you're doing, no idea how to effectively lead a team. And you make a ton

of mistakes. And it's at that time where you realize

that leadership is learning, like, how to play an instrument, or learning a different language,

or a new skill. Leadership has to be learned. And even if leadership doesn't come to you naturally,

well, maybe it does, maybe it doesn't. You can always learn how to get better. One of the first

people I hired was so good

and so knowledgeable about her role that she simply started doing things like, hey,

how she thought best. And then she didn't share details with me. And then she hid her mistakes

when I discovered that she had made them. So, you know, me, the strong leader that I am,

instead of addressing them straightforward and right

there and then, and immediately, I coward. I was just afraid. I didn't want her to think I was mad,

even though I was. I didn't want her to think that I was holding her accountable, even though

she was accountable. And I didn't want to make her feel like she doesn't like me because, and this is

totally embarrassing, I was afraid that she would lock me out of my own. and I didn't want to make her feel like she doesn't like me because, and this is totally

embarrassing, I was afraid that she would lock me out of my own systems. Okay? Like, it's so skewed.

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