"The Smallest Step, The Greatest Leap: Lessons from the Edge of Uncertainty"

By a CEO who once started with a simple decision

Sometimes, the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. I know this not because I read it in a book or heard it in a motivational speech — I know it because I’ve lived it.

When I first started my journey, I wasn’t a CEO. I wasn’t surrounded by boardrooms, strategy decks, or ambitious forecasts. I was just a young dreamer with a burning desire to build something meaningful — and an endless list of reasons to be afraid.

I remember standing outside the door of a small business owner, holding the first samples of the cheese we had just started producing. I wasn’t sure if they’d like it. I wasn’t even sure if I was doing the right thing. But I knocked. That knock — a small, almost invisible act — opened up a door not just to a store, but to my future.

That small step led us to selling to supermarkets. From there, I sold the cheese factory, reinvented myself, and founded LG Argentina — a civil works company that would later become a leader in electrical infrastructure. At the time, each of these changes seemed like a risk, but looking back, they were simply steps in the right direction. None of them were loud or obvious. Some of them were scary. But every one of them mattered.

As entrepreneurs, we often think we need to make big, bold moves to succeed. We chase the "perfect moment," the flawless plan, the big investor. But the truth is, most of our breakthroughs begin quietly. A phone call. A conversation. A decision to try one more time. That’s where real change starts.

When I joined Telefónica as an external auditor, I didn’t imagine I would be reporting to the CEO — but I did, and those years gave me the strategic mindset I needed to lead companies of my own. When I joined a young manager program at Sancor, I didn’t know that it would sharpen my leadership skills and deepen my vision. But it did.

The smallest steps. The quietest moments. The ones no one sees.

If you’re reading this and standing on the edge of a decision — take the step. Don’t wait for clarity. Don’t wait for applause. Courage is rarely loud. It often whispers: “Just move forward.”

Your greatest leap might already be in motion — disguised as a single, uncertain step.

Because sometimes, that smallest step changes everything.