Greg Stevenson argues that reaching the top doesn't ease pressure, it changes it. As the ultimate decision-maker, you carry the hardest calls alone. Instead of waiting for relief, build the inner steadiness to carry pressure effectively.
If you're waiting for it to get easier, that is a misread. People chase the top seat believing that once they arrive, the pressure finally lifts. It does not. It changes shape and it gets heavier because now the hard calls stop with you and there's no one above you to carry them. So here is the reframe that matters. The pressure is not a sign something has gone wrong. It is just the job. The leaders who stop waiting for it to ease and build the inner steadiness to carry it well, they succeed. That steadiness, not the absence of pressure, is what the seat actually asks of you. Follow for more if you're building towards that top seat.
