Simla Sooboodoo and Lauren Balen know their stuff and rock. When I told them, it was funny watching their shock.
I am sure that you have seen lots of wonderful people in your life never believe in themselves.
That is certainly true whenever I look in the mirror. The issue of accepting (let alone embracing) my own greatness has taken years of conscious thought and exploration from myself.
I tend to look at things this way:
- If we don’t embrace our own greatness and back ourselves, who will?
The answer is probably no one. For years I was very hard on myself without purpose, logic or reason and it didn’t result in any great outcomes.
Talking to the positive however; the moment I started to fully back myself life started changing for the better. As this has played out, I am getting more perceptive at picking up people who are ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, who for whatever reason don’t believe that themselves.
I call out people too when they don’t believe in themselves. It’s a dangerous habit which keeps us poor and very unsuccessful.
As to why people do this, there are a lot of reasons. I think one of the core reasons come from ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’. That if we are told on one hand that we are not allowed to shine above everyone else around us, then how can we believe in ourselves?
This obvious contradiction is very common and the sooner we break it the better!
Over the past few weeks, I have been working with some incredible BRILLIANT people including the wonderful Lauren Balen and Simla Sooboodoo. They are powerhouse operators and we had a funny conversation when I pointed this out to them.
That is, I wasn’t flattering them; I seriously do think they are brilliant entrepreneurs and I told them that. THEY WERE SHOCKED! They could tell that I was telling the truth as I saw it, however it took them some thinking and time to accept the magnitude of what I was saying.
I completely get that in that if you said the same thing to me 10 years, I would never have believed you.
My advice and thinking? It’s time to shatter our own glass ceilings and break the limitations of our own thinking. It’s only when we accept how wonderful we truly are, push our potential and embrace our greatness is that we start to move forward in life.
As we better get behind ourselves and become our own ‘cheer squad’ it creates motivation, drives creativity and makes business just more profitable.
You are a great person. Accept that. Right now. Then go and win big.
Love your work, thank you for the read, stay awesome and it’s now time to fully embrace your greatness!
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