Rob Goodlatte

One of the greatest career and life lessons I learned in college was one I picked up freshman year from my friend Dave. He’s a guy who projects confidence in any situation, in the face of any intimidating social environment. Awkward introduction? Not for Dave. Anxiety-ridden job interview? Dave wouldn’t even sweat.

This isn’t to say Dave’s abundance of confidence was always a blessing—he rarely relinquished a position in argument and often entered into pissing matches. But to a younger and more timid me, Dave’s seemingly limitless reserve of self-confidence was a quality I deeply envied.
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