There is no space in your certainty for me to be heard!

“There’s no space in your certainty for my voice to be heard!”
I recently attended a lunchtime workshop presentation on Neuroleadership at Graduate School of Business at University of Cape Town. I was left with an outstanding quote: “there’s no space in your certainty for me to be heard”. How true this is if someone is confident, has zest, energy & confidence?…..whilst all these factors are positive, it can leave others feeling inadequate. I hear Marianne Williamson’s ‘A return to love’ and Nelson Mandela’s reference to such a powerful poem ringing in my ears: “………Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you……” Nevertheless, we need to be conscious of others around us and make sure there is space for everyone to be heard, whilst not underplaying one’s own strengths.