There’s a quiet tension most leaders feel but rarely name. The pressure to prove. The drive to protect. The demands to preserve an image. We tell ourselves it’s confidence. Strength. Decisiveness. But if we’re honest, much of it is ego dressed in professional clothing. And ego is exhausting. Humility, on the other hand, is not weakness. It's alignment. It's not thinking less of yourself. It's thinking from security instead of insecurity. It's leading from identity rather tha