Are you BEAUTIFUL?
Jacob Kinyanjui, Ph.D, PMP, PSM
Project Management Trainer & Consultant
What part of your body don’t you like? Do you wish you were taller? Shorter? Lighter? Darker? More petite? More built? Do you wish your face was smoother? Do you wish you had more hair?
Gents, do you wish you were 6-pack built? Do you wish you had more beard? Well-aligned teeth?
Ladies, do you wish your breasts were larger? Smaller? Do you wish your butt was bigger? Smaller? Do you wish you had no stretch marks? Your nails were cuter? No belly fat?
Beauty is the currency upon which most women trade. Since beauty and youth are dearly prized, aging ignites emotional tailspin. The first wrinkle or gray hair sends shivers down the spine of most women.
For your economic survival, being attractive is paramount. Making calculated impressions is not vanity, it is strategic. Your appearance can create or kill confidence. Groom for your own comfort, not for others, so that you don’t have to live any single day apologetically. Don’t stand out because of how plain, dull and unattractive you look.
Billions of dollars are spent on beauty. The cosmetics industry thrives on fanning women’s insecurities. They convince women that there is something weird about your natural features that need to be fixed. Then they offer themselves as saviors of your beauty dilemmas. If anyone positions himself as having the solution to women body image problems, they’ll have a consumer base forever indebted to them.
The marketing strategy of the cosmetics industry is as genius as it is sinister. Believe me, everyone has something they don’t like about themselves more than they’d care to admit. We all have custom-made flaws that make us unique. Don’t rush every issue to a dermatologist. Start being comfortable in your own skin. Begin to celebrate yourself.
Be proud of who you are and how you were made, and everybody else will reciprocate that same energy. Your body listens to you. Your appearance will never rise above your self-talk. I invite you to begin a personal journey to self-love. Accept self. Loving yourself is not vanity, it is sanity. The more you love yourself, the less nonsense you’ll tolerate.
DR. K. N. JACOB