These past couple of days I have been attending a conference that is being run by the private equity company that owns the company where I work. The conference is incredible in its level of content and the quality of the presenters – it is arguably better than most paid conferences I have attended.
The hard part for me is wondering if I fit here.
I am one of only a handful of people attended that is not the senior most leaders at their company. Pretty much the only reason that I’m here is that I’ve been asked to present on a topic of which I have some expertise. Given the other business leaders, the equity partners, and some of their investors, I have little in common with the other attendees. Between the names being dropped, the ownership of professional sports franchises, and the $50,000 a plate fundraiser than a number are attending immediately after the conference, I’m out of my element.
And yesterday, ahead of my presentation, it intimidated the hell out of me.
Fortunately, I was able to call my brother, a man with familiarity with this crowd, and he was able to get my head right. The net result was a good presentation. Heck, it was very good. So while I may not have deserved to be here from a net worth standpoint, I did from a subject matter perspective.
Will I ever be one of those guys? Very, veryt doubtful. But at least I know that I have the knowledge, skills, and abilities that they value.
At the end of the day, I’m OK with that.
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