Last month I caught myself mid-sentence, explaining to my team why I was explaining something to my team. Second-order over-explaining. I stopped, genuinely confused about where that habit even came from. A face and a name came attached. Turns out most leadership advice works like that. Someone hands you a rule to live by, and if you dig a few layers down, it's usually scar tissue from the past. Three Weeks During one of my first internships, I was tasked with predicting whi

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