These words by Seth Godin challenged me and my thinking:
Everyone isn’t going to be a leader. But everyone isn’t going to be successful, either.
Success is now the domain of people who lead. That doesn’t mean they’re in charge, it doesn’t mean they are the CEO... it merely means that for a group, even a small group, they show the way... they spread ideas, they make change. Those people are the only successful people we’ve got.