That moment when you realize that the only person you want to be...is yourself.
That doesn't mean you don't admire people that have different skills and strengths than you do. It means that you own the skills, strengths and capabilities that you have, they make you...you. That also includes your quirks and your foibles, your imperfections, your humanness...all those things. It's realizing that yes, being yourself... that's the best place you could ever be.
Some of you have been there for years, fully embracing yourself and may be thinking duh, obviously. I know that many of you are still thinking that being someone else would be nice, maybe easier perhaps.
Aspirations.
It's okay to aspire to learn something from someone, to emulate someone, to model someone...but to be them? I don't think so.
Not being you denies the world of the uniqueness of you...that's important. You are a piece of a giant puzzle, and that's why there are so many different shapes. We all have our own different shaped puzzle piece because the world needs our particular shaped puzzle piece to be complete.
Think about it. Where are you spending time today? Looking over "there" wishing you were more like that person when chances are, they're looking over at you and wishing they were more like you.
We need to understand this very important fact that keeps coming up, you're not supposed to know it all, have it all, be it all. We all know it's true...it's literally impossible. Nobody knows everything, nobody can be everything.
That's why teams are so powerful. When you put together a group of people with a common goal and different strengths...boom! That's when magic can happen. People playing to their strengths to achieve something bigger then all of them.
Here's what often happens.
Once you put someone in the right situation, they often realize that they don't want to be someone else. They just haven't seen who they truly are, and once they see that, they realize that this is exactly who they want to be. Themselves.
Are you ready?
Let's get to it...
Your challenge...
Let's look at your puzzle piece...
What makes you unique?
Maybe it's the environment you create without even thinking about it. People want to be around you.
Where do you shine?
Think about when you're in flow, where you lose track of time and things feel effortless.
What are your strengths?
This can be the things others often comment on that you do so well and you can't see it. It's so natural for you that you don't notice.
Life's too short to be a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. You'll never flourish if the fit is wrong, never be able to be you.
Don't settle. Be you.
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Cheers,
Ann
That moment when you realize…being you is a good thing.