No one prepares you for this

You used to be good at the work.

Really good.

But then one day, the job stopped being about the work.

Now it's about the people.
The politics.
The decisions you can't Google.

And you're supposed to just figure it out.

Most leaders do.
Quietly.
Alone.

Wondering if everyone else has it more together than they do.

Here's the thing:
They don't.

Leadership is hard because nobody prepares you for the part where you stop being the expert.

The leaders who get better faster aren't the ones who know more.
They're the ones who got honest about what they didn't know.

That's the real work of leadership.