How do i overcome the pressure as the youngest leader?

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I am the youngest leader. How do I overcome the pressure?

 Being the youngest leader most of the time you as a young leader, put the pressure on yourself.

Nobody else is putting pressure on you because everyone understands, at least the experienced leaders should understand that starting a leadership career and your first leadership role is difficult. You need to figure things out. You do mistakes. First and foremost, start with yourself to step back and understand why do you put so much pressure on yourself?

We're living in a very, very fast paced world where everything needs to happen tomorrow. Leadership is a growing education, a growing skill set. Let's call it like this. And you will learn this over time. You will not learn this in two weeks, three months, even in a year, you will not learn this.

Yes, you can get better step by step, and some people have natural talents but you're not perfect and most probably you will never be perfect. I'm a leader since plus 20 years, and I'm not perfect and will never be perfect because I learn every day something new. So important. Focus on yourself see it as a learning journey.

Look into the long term and that will help you to succeed with your leadership style. Have a conversation with other leaders how they did this. Find a mentor, find a coach that help you to get more secure.

I always say start with leading yourself and you will be successful. And I think that's very, very important for this person.

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