Some people bring calm.
Some bring noise.
Some bring a slow drip of tension that fills the room before anyone says a word.
And the thing is — they bring that every time.
There’s a quote I keep coming back to:
“How you do anything is how you do everything.”
It’s not about perfection. It’s about patterns.
One person always scans for failure.
Another pushes forward with quiet optimism.
One freezes in indecision and peppers you with questions before you can even breathe.
Another rolls up their sleeves and makes progress — not noise.
None of this is good or bad on its own. But over time, these habits shape the work. They affect the flow. They become part of the system itself.
And if you’re someone who notices these things — if you feel the friction or the uplift the moment someone enters the room — it can be both a gift and a drain.
Because when the load is heavy and the timeline is tight, you don’t just need skill.
You need people whose default settings don’t make things harder.
The ones who bring presence, not panic.
Clarity, not confusion.
Energy, not drag.