“Who do I think I am, anyway?”
-GRAFFITI ON A WALL IN NEW YORK
How do the words above resonate with you?
Pause here for a moment and free yourself from distractions:
Take a deep breath in... exhale slowly... deep breath in... exhale slowly... deep breath in... exhale slowly... calm your mind and be present...
Think about the context of the above quote that is framed in a question. You are posing the question to yourself.
No judgement or boundaries... Ask yourself:
Who do I think I am anyway? Sit with this question as long as it takes to come up with an answer...
How difficult or easy was it for you to answer the question? Think about it for a moment...
Gay Hendricks, psychologist, writer, and teacher in the field of person growth, talks about the distinction between childhood and high school pictures. Often the pictures of toddlers clearly display more light and wonder on their little faces as compared to high school pictures. His explanation:
As you grow you buy into other people’s perceptions of you.
Part of the journey of conscious living is to separate who you actually are from who everyone else thinks you are.
It takes work to unlearn thins and deconstruct false narrative that are ingrained in us as we develop.
Who do you want to be..? Who are you apart from others perception of you?
How are you showing up?
To assist you in taking a deeper dive into personal self reflection, check out this article found on inc.com:
7 Steps to Transforming Yourself From Who You Are to Who You Want to Be:
(by Nicholas Cole Inc.com)
1. See yourself outside yourself. Just like a sculptor see yourself as a work of art, always in progress.
2. Find the habit associated with the thing you want to change. To truly reinvent aspects of yourself, you have to uncover the habit that created that trait in the first place and then adjust the habit.
3. Practice every day, no matter what. Change is a shift in lifestyle. It requires daily dedication, to the point where that new habit takes the place of an old one and no longer requires conscious effort.
4. Set realistic goals. You actually help yourself by acknowledging that a bad habit won't be solved immediately. Instead, set a goal to be used as an subconscious reminder of what it is you want to practice. Focus on that for a few weeks, and then go from there.
5. Constantly look in the mirror. Refuse to avoid self-reflection. There is a time and a place for action and then there is a time and place for reflection. take the time to ask yourself the tough questions, so you won’t will fall off track and not know how you got there.
6. Surround yourself with people who will tell you the truth. You need people who are going to challenge and question you. You need people who won't be afraid to tell you the truth. Tough feedback is essential for personal growth.
7. You have to take risks. Growth's only request is that you step out of your comfort zone. Be willing to take that risk, to take that uncomfortable leap into the unknown.
“You will never become the person you want to be by continuing to be the person you currently are.”
What are you willing to do to be who you were born to be?
Don’t miss your opportunity. Be intentional. Encourage others to do the same and watch what happens.
You got this!
Coach Tavia
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References:
Hendricks, Gay; A Year of Living Consciously: 365 Daily Inspirations for Creating a Life of Passion and Purpose, Harper One, New York, NY. 1998
7 Steps to Transforming Yourself from Who You are to Who You Want To Be:
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