Intention to be liked or to be true to yourself.
Do you have to choose or can you have both?
I pre-write some of these prompts when I’m planning out my content- but when I came across today’s Sunday Intention from a few weeks ago- I nearly cried.
Well, last night- I did cry. A lot because well, my friend, we are human beings.
This week, it seemed like being a business owner vocally sharing who I am, what I do, and inviting people to work with me puts me in a difficult place feeling not-so liked from past personal relationships, but feel highly “liked” on social media as a business owner from other entrepreneurs.
My mission is to make the world a better place by stepping into leadership of our own movement & to empower people to be more than they were yesterday and appreciate every step of the journey they are on!
The best part about this intention is that I realize that my mission can sometimes be SO large, so heavy, and so grandiose for the everyday person to be able to come along with.
A weird feeling of "loss" temporarily followed by feeling rather good that I'm being more intentional about who I am.
When you begin marketing your business, you can go into hiding afraid to cross your personal + business contacts - so you take a break. But you do know that taking no action costs you. Sometimes, it's worth it- other times, you can ask yourself, “what is the point of this?!” How can you move forward with this?
Here's what I do know for sure
Mission-driven marketing & leading with your beliefs is not going to gain you extreme popularity, but tons of respect from the people who value your genuine self. Also, mission-driven marketers being responsible for taking priority to care for not only yourself but for everything around you- it's pretty cool.
Have you noticed so many people sharing incredible amounts of content on social media lately that have put them on “sides” and further separating our society to “us” & “them” collectivity?
In today’s world, telling it “like it is” has probably gotten you some heat. Speaking from the heart could have even severed relationships for you. We have seen this day in & day out during this pandemic: who spoke passionately about what they think they believed was the "right" thing to do and who was so "wrong".
Stay true to yourself, please.
This is all entirely expected because people either like us, or they don’t. They either respect us, or they don’t. And they either agree with us, or they don’t.
It’s not our responsibility to change others. Just show up as yourself.
The truth is, it’s not just you- it’s this very sensitive landscape of rightfully so, terrifying circumstances of mistrust & uncertainty. That's okay- but keep on your path, my friend!
Hopeful in saying this, there will be a lot of people who can respect you for being yourself with the world view you are limited to, but don’t necessarily side with you on it- a depiction of my ideal world right here.
Working to expand our world-view daily and accept people for where they are on their journey is pretty productive & can be your intention this week. This can help us all so we can make this world a much more collective place to live.