Pride Don’t start believing the hype. We live in a culture of hero worship. The great leaders we’ve become to idolize in our American History have been morphed into invincible men and women without weaknesses. However, you can study any leader and discover their weaknesses. Athletes and performers are instant role models but yet some …
Tag: Insecurity
Insecurity Gone Wild!
When I was a recent graduate from my master’s program and new as an engineer, I was the only woman on the team. I was insecure and my pride was in my engineering degree. But my manager repeatedly gave me writing assignments on top of the process work. The assignments consisted of bids, inter-office memos and proposals. It irked me and I started to hate that I was becoming the group secretary. I convinced myself that he was sexist. I said nothing for months and let it fester.