Authority is Lived, Not Given | Valerie Frost | TEDxLake Alfred

I used to think leadership came from a title, a degree, a stamp of approval that says you're allowed to speak now. And then I realized real leadership doesn't ask permission. It comes from lived experience.When I was in high school, Harvard sent me a letter, a promotional mailing. A rumor started that I had been accepted. Teachers congratulated me.Students whispered, and for a moment, I wondered maybe I was someone with a story worth listening to. It wasn't true. I didn't get into Harvard. I didn't even app ...