When we enter a new field, join a new organization, or engage with a new circle of associates, it’s natural to feel behind. But we’re not behind. Not really.

It’s not a straight-line continuum. We’ve merely entered a new room.

We can observe the room, or we can mingle with the people who arrived before us.

We can join existing conversations, or we can start new ones.

In this new field, we’re the fresh face, and there can be great strength in that.