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Leading Greats #131
When the Pace Feels Crushing, and Change Won’t Slow Down:
Ronnie Kinsey, MBA
September 23, 2025
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AI isn’t just moving fast. It’s punishing.
Why some stay composed while everyone else scrambles.
What you mastered in the first half of the year can feel outdated by the final third.
Competence takes time to build.
Confidence has to show up sooner.
Confidence isn’t pretending you know it all. It’s showing you can step in, stay steady, and learn while moving.
The people around you - clients, teams, investors - don’t expect you to master every system overnight.
They expect you to stay reliable while you’re learning.
Confidence is the anchor. Competence is still under construction.
Without an anchor, even a strong ship drifts.
Here’s how to stay anchored while your skills catch up:
1. Lead with transparency.
Say what you know, and what you’re learning.
People trust leaders who admit they’re still learning but moving forward.
2. Ask sharper questions.
Questions signal confidence more than answers do.
A precise question can shift an entire strategy meeting, even if you’re not the expert in the room.
3. Draw from your constants.
Experience, judgment, emotional intelligence - these don’t expire when new AI arrives.
Machines can generate data. Only people can interpret trust, loyalty, and context.
4. Stand in composure.
In a climate where nothing feels certain, composure becomes more than presence.
It becomes reassurance.
Even if your technical answer takes time to find, composure steadies the room.
5. Build adaptive rituals.
Confidence grows when you know how you’ll approach the unknown.
A daily scan of developments, a trusted circle to test ideas, or a quick debrief after experimenting with new tools - these rituals train your brain to adapt instead of resist.
6. Use partial competence strategically.
You don’t need to master every new capability.
Sometimes knowing enough to frame opportunity, ask for the right help, or guide direction is all that’s required.
Everyone feels behind at times. What sets you apart is how you carry it.
The truth: no one alive today has mastered the speed of what’s unfolding.
The confident ones aren’t the ones with every answer.
They’re the ones willing to act while learning, to show calm while building, to keep curiosity in front of ego.
Confidence without competence is arrogance.
Competence without confidence is invisible.
But confidence that grows while competence catches up - that’s how professionals stay relevant.
So when you face the next wave, don’t stall until you’re fully trained.
Anchor yourself.
Ask better questions.
Stand steady.
Build as you go.
Competence changes with the times.
Confidence keeps you in the game long enough to use it.
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