Find the Right Altitude

Find the right altitude.

Not the altitude the org chart assigned you.

Not the altitude your title implies.

Not the altitude your ego wants.

The altitude that fits who you actually are.

I’ve watched leaders operate too high —

making decisions above their authority, stepping into territory that wasn’t theirs.

I’ve watched leaders operate too low —

staying in the work below their level because that’s where their confidence lives.

The right altitude is where the work is hard enough to require your best

and clear enough that your strengths actually show up.

It’s not a destination. It shifts as you grow.

But there’s always a truer version of it than the one you’re operating at right now.

Twenty weeks. One idea underneath all of it.

Find the right altitude. Lead from there.

What altitude are you actually operating at right now?