Origin Is The Ground You Build On & How It Shapes Your Leadership
We often think of our origin as the opening chapter of our story. Where we grew up. What our families were like. The experiences that shaped us. The people and places that formed our earliest understanding of ourselves and the world.
But our origin is more than our backstory. It’s the ground we build on. It’s the infrastructure (i.e., structural foundation) of our lives and, more to the point, our leadership presence. It influences what feels familiar or threatening, what we expect from other people, and what we believe we need to do to belong. Long before we become leaders, we learn how to read a room, earn approval, or navigate conflict. It creates the size of our comfort zone and teaches us how much space we’re allowed to take, and whether it’s safe to be ourselves.
“Do less? I’m behind as it is, and I can’t afford to slow down for… so many reasons.” I get it. Slowing down can feel incredibly uncomfortable. 
The American spirit is founded on independence and courage. Pioneers had a vision for a better life, so they left what they knew in the East and blazed trails into an uncomfortable, sometimes hostile, West. They didn’t know what they would encounter. But they were willing to do anything and everything to reach their goal, even when that meant battling their own fears and doubts. 
We’re often told only half of the story. We know our bodies need nourishment to function well. Surviving on caffeine and sugar, or depriving the body of what it genuinely needs, makes us feel unwell. Energy drops. Mood shifts. Focus disappears. The body keeps the score. However, the other half of the story is that our inner life has similar needs! Just as you nourish your body, it’s important to nourish your inner life.
If you’re prone to overthinking a thing so much that you can’t make a decision, then this is for you! Whether you call it decision fatigue, decision exhaustion, or analysis paralysis, overcoming it is not a problem of “being smart enough”. Rather, it’s a symptom of not “hearing” your