Trish's Blog

There is a long history of treating leadership like a rare prize. Something handed out sparingly. Something you earn only after years of proving yourself. Something that lives in certain offices or comes with certain titles.

It is one of the most limiting stories we tell in workplaces.

Because while people wait to be chosen, so much potential sits untouched. Brilliant thinkers stay quiet. People with fresh ideas hold back. Teams operate on autopilot because everyone assumes leadership belongs to someone else.

Here is an uncomfortable truth. Leadership shows up long before hierarchy enters the room.

It begins with the choice to influence the environment for the better, no matter your role. It begins with speaking up when something is off. It begins with encouraging someone who doubts themselves. It begins with shifting a conversation, even slightly, toward something healthier or more human.

That is leadership in its raw form. Not the polished version. Not the version that comes with a business card. The version that actually changes things.

This is where Weird Wisdom fits beautifully, because it asks you to look at leadership differently.
It asks you to sit with the uncertainty of acting before you feel ready.
It asks you to see mistakes as part of learning rather than a reason to stay quiet.
It asks you to hold the contradiction of being both unsure and courageous at the same time.
It asks you to question the long held belief that authority equals impact.

Most importantly, it asks you to use the way you think. Not the approved version. The real version. The version that can see possibilities others miss.

When you wait for permission to lead, you are outsourcing your own potential. You are handing over your voice. You are reinforcing a system that benefits most from your silence.

Claiming your space is not arrogance. It is responsibility. If you can influence something for the better, why would you wait for an invitation?

Leadership has never belonged to the chosen few. It belongs to the people who are willing to step toward what matters, even if no one has formally declared that they should.

So take your place. Not because someone approves it.
Take it because you have something worth offering.
The people around you will feel the difference long before a title ever catches up.