💯100% YOU 💯

The people who I clash with the most are the people who haven’t taken a look inside themselves — they haven’t been curious enough to take a peek under the hood to figure out what they’re all about. 

Maybe they don’t care to. Maybe it’s too painful. Maybe they were taught that it’s weak to show their vulnerability or to feel deeply. 

It kinda bums me out, because I know there is so much more inside of them. 

I want to encourage people to examine their relationships with their inner selves because I believe that the more we’re connected with ourselves, the more we’re connected to the world. 

I want you to stop every once in a while, turn off your default mode, and ask yourself:

     👉 Am I operating in a way that’s true to my values? 
     👉 Am I interacting with people in a way that I feel good about? 
     👉 Am I being recklessly honest about who I am and how I’m showing up?

It’s so important to live every single part of your story. 
 

Others need to hear it. Others need to know what you’ve been through, so they don’t feel so alone. So that they feel like part of something bigger. So they connect with you on a deeper level. So they can be inspired by you!

After all, isn’t connection what life is all about?

In personal branding, it isn’t just about marketing yourself or trying to become seen as an expert. It’s about getting to a place where you are living a career that’s true to who you are as a person. 

It’s not just part of your story showing up, or just the good parts. It’s your whole story showing up, in a way that’s consistently true to you.

We really are connected by the struggles more than the successes. I am not saying celebrating those wonderful things about you isn’t important. What I am saying is don’t hesitate to offer up your story. It will inspire others, even those you even think may not be watching.