An opportunity with support

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You remember the first time someone trusted you with work you had only watched from the edge. They explained what mattered, stayed available for questions, and allowed your name to be attached to the result. Their confidence did not remove the difficulty. It made the difficulty feel possible to approach. Years later, you may be the person deciding who gets that chance. It is tempting to choose the colleague who has already done it, especially when time is short. Yet someone else is still waiting for experience that every opportunity seems to require. There may be a small piece of responsibility you can offer with proper support: part of a presentation, a customer conversation, a decision they can prepare and explain. You cannot promise another person's success. You can give them a fair place to practise. Sometimes the most lasting use of your experience is helping someone acquire their first piece of their own.

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