Get comfortable with discomfort.
If you can tolerate more discomfort than anyone else in the room, you’re the most powerful person there.
If you can stay in the awkward pause a little longer
If you can hold the eye contact
If you can ask the unspoken question
If you can give your own answer
If you can let people think whatever they want to think
If you can talk to the person being ignored
If you can start the conversation
If you can walk away from the conversation
If you can refrain from explaining yourself
If you can acknowledge your own bullshit
If you can tolerate being in no one’s good graces
If you can laugh at your own embarrassment
If you can be wrong
If you can find stillness in swirling emotions
If you can be the odd one out
If you can risk going first
If you can take the scrutiny
If you can be as honest as you can be right now
If you can dance alone
If you can say no to what you don’t want
If you can say yes to what you do want
If you can forgive yourself for not knowing
If you can hold on to your values
If you can choose to please your best self
You got it.