7Self‐leadership and Self‐questioning
‘Inveniam Viam aut Faciam’.
[I shall find a way or I shall make one.]
Latin proverb
All leaders, at some point, experience self‐doubt. Even if you are fully prepared for the task ahead and have the full support of your team, self‐doubt goes with the territory when you are pushing yourself to the limit. But how do you quiet the voice in your head that asks, ‘Can I really do this?’
The quote above was first attributed to Hannibal when his generals doubted his plan to cross the Alps with elephants, and many explorers have since used it as their personal mantra – myself included. This was the very same quote I chose for myself on the Team Polar 2000 (TP2K) expedition and had stuck to the back of my ...
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