Leading while scared is still leading. Nobody said your hands couldn’t shake on the way up.

Courage has never meant the absence of fear, and anyone who told you leaders are calm inside was describing the outside. Going first while your heart is going is the actual version, and it is available to you right now, today, with no preparation. Waiting to stop being scared before you step up means waiting for something that does not arrive. Nobody watching can tell the difference anyway.

Do the thing while the feeling is still there. Shorter sentences help, so does deciding the first line in advance. Let your hands do whatever they are going to do.