Don't be afraid to let someone else lead

There are leaders and there are followers. Which are you?

I'm interested to know. What's the percentage on a question like that?

I can guess.

Lets say that everyone in the worlds is to be sorted onto a team of ten. Ten individuals per team. Assuming that there is one leader among those ten, this means that 10% of the world leads and 90% follows (even in a democracy, there is a leader). Where does that leave you?

I said I could guess what percentage said they would be leaders, and, using simple arithmetic, deduce the other. I'd guess 50%. Why?

It's called a self serving bias. This phenomenon has been documented across cultures, and in a great number of studies. Over half of the population likes to believe that they're different, or special. Somehow set apart from the majority. And you're reading the words of one just as guilty.

Now, that's not to say that nobody is special or different, but you can see how those people, in order to be different or special, would have to constitute far less than half of the population.

Don't be afraid to let someone else lead.

Allow for the possibility that you're not the right guy for the job - and if you are, when you step into position, you'll be all the more aware.