If you want to be first, get comfortable being the one who holds the door.

Status is usually imagined as being served, and the line inverts it: the position people actually respect is the one that keeps looking after others. Holding a door is a small unremarkable act that tells you who is paying attention to people around them, and that attention scales into everything larger. Leading is mostly noticing what is needed before being asked.

Look for the unwanted task in your group this week and take it without discussion. Carry something, set up, stay late. Do it a few times before anyone notices, and keep doing it after they do.