Be the rebel inside and stand in your power

It's hard to do something new. It's hard to work on changing the status quo.

It requires you to show moments of self-expression. Which is often is not accepted.

Here's what I say you...

Be the rebel inside. The world needs your ideas. Where you you have been muted is where your voice is needed.

Here's what I say to you...

11 points to shine energy into your soul to be that change.

And three questions to unlock your real goals.

1. Speak up knowing your ideas may be faced with resistance, and that there is a "yes" in a sea of "no's"
2. Listen fiercely - recharge, learn and navigate.
3. Breathe deeply, fill your lungs with air and speak with the strength that breath gives you.
4. Show your originality and honour any positive response you get towards your ideas.
5. Remember that your true self has been previously rejected and those elements rejected are your superpower.
6. Your leadership isn't about the number of followers you gain, but the number of innovators who take action.
7. Keep sending out signals with consistency and frequency, no matter the responses you get.
8. The inner critic is not you - society and generations of disempowerment have pushed your ideas down and charged-up the critic. The critic is not you, the ideas ARE YOU.
9. Every time you say "I can't" or put a constraint on yourself, know that there are people who believe YOU CAN.
10. Your life is a compass for the generations that are to come, not the culture that exists now.
11. Anger is not resolved by more anger. Defensiveness is not solved by argument. Your love and joy will shine.

Now do it. Say the unthinkable. Say what you really want to do.

• What power can you harness from your ancestry?
• What goals do you see for yourself, that will unlock more for the generations that follow you?
• What are the real things that matter to you, even if you feel they don't matter to those that crowd you?

DM me, I'd love to read or listen to your answers.

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