Know your strength.

If you're feeling overwhelmed right now, you're not alone. There's a lot happening, changing. A lot of pressure to figure it all out.

But here's what I believe: knowing who you actually are - your real strengths, not the ones you think you should have, matters more than ever.

AI amplifies whatever you bring to the table. The question is whether you know what that is.

Let me share my story.

I'm an introvert. Spent years thinking that was a weakness.

Everyone around me had opinions faster. Louder. More confident. I'd sit in meetings wondering why I couldn't just say something.

I was in a meeting at GE, one of those that kept circling without going anywhere. Smart people, strong opinions, but nothing was clicking.

I hadn't said a word. Just absorbing. Processing. Trying to find what actually mattered.

Finally someone turned to me. "You've been quiet. What do you think?"

I said: "It sounds like we're arguing about two different problems. If we separate them, the first one has an obvious answer."

Room went quiet. Then: "Yeah. That's it."

That was the moment I realized, my job isn't to talk more. It's to see clearly.

The introversion wasn't holding me back. It was letting me watch, process, and find the signal through the noise.

The other piece is curiosity. I spend an hour or two every day learning something. Started that habit at GE when I realized how little I actually knew, out of fear actually. Never stopped ever since.

Clarity doesn't come from being the smartest person in the room. It comes from staying curious and not rushing to fill the silence.

What i’m saying is: the things you think are holding you back might be the exact things that set you apart. You just have to recognize them first.

Clarity starts with knowing yourself.

What's the thing people come to you for, even if it took you a while to see it yourself? Something you once thought was a weakness that turned out to be an advantage? A moment where you suddenly saw yourself differently?