‘Professionalism’ comes in many forms! (Image Credit to Classic Pics and Gillian Anderson)
From the very early days in my business I have had people tell me to wear suits, wear a tie and act more ‘professional’.
This didn’t last year long in that when I outpaced their own success, they started to realise that my own ‘Tech Entrepreneur’ look just works great and I was spot on my own authentic brand.
What got me thinking about this was a great session at the gym this morning. As I was working away, I was playing on Twitter (between reps) and I saw the funniest photo of Gillian Anderson with a Banana up her nose.
Without understanding any of the context behind this photo, it gave me an instant smile. There is this great account on Twitter, called ‘Classic Pics’ which I am a massive fan of that somehow has all these incredible photos that they share on a frequent basis.
As I saw this photo of Gillian with a banana up her nose, I thought it was incredible how this has played out for her. She always struck me as a quirky character who did her own thing, was authentic and lived true to herself; with this photo being the photographic evidence of that thinking.
This then got me thinking as to what it means to be ‘Professional’ and ‘Serious’. To me, the moment we aren’t authentically being ourselves, we become BORING, IRRELEVANT and UNINTERESTING.
I have seen this happen many times to people in that they hide who they really are they don’t get very far.
TALKING TO THE POSITIVE, I see people who do the direct opposite, be who they are and go on to achieve incredible success in doing what they do.
My advice and thinking? Much like our wonderful heroine Gillian Anderson, focus on you and being authentic. Do your own thing. Use your own god given intelligence and do things in your own unique way.
If you have spent your life as a conformist (much like I was about 10 years ago), this will most certainly rock the apple cart at the start.
Great! If people don’t accept you for who you really are, they aren’t your friends. They are opposition.
Go your way and create wonderful life of your dreams!
Love your work, thank you for the read, love your work ‘Classic Pics’ and thank you Gillian Anderson!
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