Confidence in a Cape

You ever notice how the biggest breakthroughs come from the weirdest places?

I was sitting in my car last Tuesday, absolutely dreading a meeting I'd been avoiding for weeks.

My hands were sweating on the steering wheel. Then this kid, maybe seven years

old, walks past my window wearing a cape made from a trash bag. Just strutting down

the sidewalk like he owned the entire universe. And I'm watching him,

thinking he looks ridiculous. But then it hit me. This kid didn't

ask permission to be confident. He didn't wait until he had the perfect cape or the right

moment. He just decided he was a superhero and walked like one.