Live your authentic self
Christina Joy
Leading business expert - success mentor, speaker, author. Helping people live with Unapologetic Freedom and Joy.
Being authentic is a very attractive quality, but sharing our true selves can leave us feeling exposed. It takes commitment and courage to be genuine. My advice is to embrace your uniqueness, take a risk, stand out and be the real deal!
?
Why do we hide??
For some, it’s easier, safer and more comfortable to put up a fa?ade. Consciously or unconsciously, we can be trying to live up to others’ expectations — whether those expectations actually exist or not!
Comparing ourselves to and copying others is a no-win situation. When we are trying to be someone else, we lose what is special and unique about us. In the pursuit to be like others, we lose our authenticity and become a counterfeit copy. An imitation is never as valuable as the real thing. Those who walk their own path are believable, trustworthy and stand out with uniqueness. And in a world of sameness and fitting in — that’s priceless!
Several studies have shown that hiding your true self never really has any long-term benefits. In fact, doing so has a detrimental effect on one’s mental and physical health, self-perception, and social interactions. This also causes people to perform poorly at school and at work, which can be linked to incidences of academic and professional burnout.
To finally live your truth, decide what’s important to?you?— your values, your true north and be on your way.
?
Here are some tips to be true:?
1. Embrace your uniqueness — love you — warts and all!
2. Don’t hide — live life to the fullest!
领英推荐
3. Take a risk — be courageous and STOP playing safe!
4. Stand out — don’t fit in to others expectations!
5. Be the real deal — live your core values every day!
?
Revealing the authentic you is attractive and very fulfilling. That’s when you know?you?are making your?unique?contribution to our planet.
P.S. What would Joy do?
Embrace your uniqueness — don’t hide!
?
P.P.S. And get?in touch?—?I’d love to have a?conversation about how I can help you put all this into action so you have an incredibly?rewarding life!?
Message me at?[email protected]