I vividly remember one of my colleagues trying to explain to me why I was always getting asked to lead these types of meetings. Ben explained, “It is because you can so easily frame the issue, synthesize what people are saying, and lay out a course of action.” What? I stared at him blankly, trying to decipher what he was saying. It sounded like he was telling me that I was good at breathing. It didn’t strike me as a particularly big deal or something someone might find difficult. It was as easy as breathing; at least it was for me. What my colleagues were teaching me was that I had a native
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