There are a few people in life that will call you out on your nonsense. Making friends with people that are willing to tell you what they really think, that’s a gift that I cherish. I want to know that you aren’t going to just sit back and let me walk all over you. I also want to know that you will let me know if I’m not living up to my full potential.
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One of my consistently honest and simultaneously kind friends said something to me last night that has stuck with me as I drink my cappuccino this morning.
John mentioned that he knows I’m one of the most confident people that he’s met. But, that on my blog I can present myself as unsure or even insecure.
It reminds me of a conversation that I had with Leslie, a beautiful and wonderful life coach in town, where she said that I have almost two sides one who’s very strong, independent, and powerful. Then the other which is almost asking people to not take me too seriously.
They’re right.
Inside, I know exactly who I am and what I want.
I know why I do the things I do and in what order.
I’m determined and balanced.
But, I tend to under-sell myself.
With the entirety of my financial life relying on my ability to sell myself, well, I suppose that should change.
I want to speak with the confidence that I have within me and to present myself as strongly as I’m able to present my clients.
I have lived a life where I tone myself down so that no one else feels uncomfortable around me.
I’m learning that being strong and un-apologetic when paired with kindness towards others is a dynamic combo.
One without the other, in either direction, is a tipping of the balance scale that I’d like to avoid.
with love,
Sarajane.
