21  You Are Stronger Than You Think

10 Jan 2025 | Confidence, Defined aims, Happiness, Leadership, Purpose, Self awareness

Emma Strack

Emma spent ~20 years as a Global Restructuring Accountant at KPMG, working in the UK, Canada, the US, and Australia. Now an Executive Performance Strategist & Internationally Accredited Executive Coach, she helps leaders around the world decode how they best think, operate, & lead - using science, not guesswork. The result? Sharper thinking. Faster decisions. Stronger leadership.

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21  You Are Stronger Than You Think

I work with senior professionals who appear outwardly confident, but quietly question if they’re actually any good.

People who’ve delivered results, led teams, built careers…
and still feel like they’re falling short.

They keep it to themselves.
Because they don’t want to undo the reputation they’ve worked so hard to build.

But it isn’t weakness. It’s what happens when:

1️⃣ Your strengths are so normal to you, you stop seeing them as valuable.
2️⃣ You’ve spent years working in ways that don’t reflect how you naturally think, lead, or thrive.
👉🏼 When this happens, even capable people start to question themselves.

The truth is:

You are strong.
When you work to someone else’s definition of how you should lead or prove yourself, you lose sight of your real edge.
When you understand how you work best, what you do best, and what truly drives you, confidence returns. Quietly. Powerfully. Sustainably.

⭐️ Not the loud kind. The grounded kind.
The kind that doesn’t need constant validation to feel real.

🎯 Try this today:

🔹 Think of a moment where something felt effortless, where you handled it instinctively, even if you brushed it off as “just doing your job.”
🔹 That wasn’t luck. That was strength.
🔹 You’ve had it all along.

⭐️ My Performance Strategy coaching uses science to help you understand what you do best, how you work best and what drives you, to remind you how amazing you really are.

💡 Exceptional results aren’t guessed – they’re engineered.
Lead with your strengths. Align how you operate. Use science to drive strategy.

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Created for inspiration and reflection only. Not advice.