strength to strength
HEY!
I saw you. I saw you wanted to connect.
Thank you for even wanting to communicate with me. I'm grateful for that! We all do that on social media when pursuing that ever-illusive new lead.
You must have seen something in my profile that made you think," She needs to hear from me!" I'm sure what you have to offer is fantastic. I'm sure it has worked for you or someone else. Why else would you even build a business around it, right? I'm excited that you are getting out there and pursuing your passion.
BUT,
Here's what I'm thinking.........
Why should I respond to someone I don't know? I'd never seen your name before you gave me your elevator pitch. I never had the chance to build a relationship with you on social or in the real world.
Will sending out blind messages into the unknown help you do your business in a way that honors who you authentically are?
I don't know. Who are you, anyway? I can look at your profile and see the business-like details you have placed there. I can see what education you have completed, either formal or informal. What certifications have you met, or what mentor do you follow? I can glimpse who you want to be, maybe not who you are. Do you know who you are? Or have you been playing in someone else's game?
A little about my journey.......
I used to be that person, too. I'd hear about a person or program(sometimes they were packaged together) that was THE way to do the business I was in. Then I paid my money, either started the program or even finished it, and found out it stressed me to even think about using it to grow my business! There went another $@#$% dollars down the drain. I was back trying to figure out who I was and how I do this thing I am passionate about??!! Argggghhhhh!
Let me tell you why I don't need to respond to any of you that pops up on my FaceBook, Instagram, or LinkedIn private messages. I have figured out who I am. I don't have to worry about getting tripped up by the next shiny object that catches my eye.
Discovering that I am built uniquely has helped me do much more authentically in my health, relationships, belief in myself, and even my bank account.
My why.........
I have based this belief on my God-given strengths. By the way, my strengths have nothing to do with what I can or can not do. They have everything to do with how I do everything my way, and it works only 100% of the time.
These strengths are how I connect, influence, create or execute every minute of the day. The only thing that ever gets in my way is hesitation. Hesitation only happens when I don't remember my strengths and how they inform who I am on every level. This is such a gift to me!!
When I learned all these things about myself, I didn't have to do a particular formula to be authentic in what I was doing with my health, relationships, belief, and money.
I just did me first!
Yeah, right.......
So I know you are thinking, who is this chick, and why is what she's doing important to me? It Just Is!!
I am so tired of seeing my fellow business builders jumping back into the vicious cycle of doing business someone else's way! Isn't that why you got out of the "rat race"? It's not that we never, ever have a boss again. It's that we learn how we are put together. Learn how we are made to relate to others so we can serve each other well. Essentially that is what our businesses do, right?! We serve well, so we are paid well. We all want to be who we are at a high level, right?!
Self-doubt?
I don't have all the answers. I am constantly working on my mindset. I struggle with my worth. I don't always feel like I'm enough. I often feel like I'm too much!
Looking at my strengths, I see the person I've always been and wanted to be. Understanding that has been the most freeing thing I've ever been given my whole life!
Let's move.......
I'd love to continue this conversation!! If you want to do the same, please submit your comments in the form below!!
I look forward to seeing what you think!!
Cyndie
I believe in connecting with people through thoughts and ideas. I know we all have a story to share and in that story we find out who we really are! I want to hear your story.