Who Do You Think You Are?

Written by on May 6, 2010 - 0 Comments
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hellonametag "Who do you think you are?"

How many times have we heard this question? (many of us still have flashbacks from hearing it as a kid!)

It has a negative association doesn’t it? Well have no fear! This post asks it in an entirely different way!.

 

What I am asking is who do you really think you are?

Do you think that you are ‘just a mom?’ or just a sales rep, or just a _____________?

What is your identity? You see most of us want more out of life. That is human nature. We dream about having this, or doing that. We think "if only…or someday…"

The truth is you have to BE before you can DO before you can HAVE.

Decide who you want to be, not just ‘what you do’.

For many of the folks that I work with think of themselves as ‘what they do’. They see themselves as ‘a massage therapist’ or ‘hair stylist’.

That is great – IF that is really what you want to be!

Is that all you want to be?

For many of these folks, they have goals of creating 6 figure businesses, and great wealth. I encourage them to ‘think bigger’ than just ‘being one thing’ based on what they ‘do’.

This is important for a variety of reasons.

1. You will never be more than you think you are.

2. as long as you see yourself as just a ___________. Your income will match your belief regarding what ‘that person’ can make.

3. When you affirm that is ‘all that you are’, you ensure that is what you will remain!

4. You limit the endless possibilities of other ways that you can utilize your skills and talents to serve the world and create prosperity for yourself, your family and those you choose to share it with.

(In other words, if you are an ‘accountant’ you can only BE an accountant, and earn as much as AN ACCOUNTANT vs. “ I am a business owner” or “I own an accounting firm”.)

I met someone a while back standing outside at an event.

As we all do out of habit, I asked "what do you do?"

he replied "well, I’m unemployed"

I smiled and said, "you don’t DO unemployed. What do you do?"

He looked really confused, so I added "what did you do when you weren’t unemployed?"

He replied that he "did tech support stuff" (hmmm…how empowering is that?)

So I responded "Are you good at it?"

He thought for a second and said "yes, I was"

I replied (smiling) "I would guess that you still are? I mean, you didn’t forget it all when you were laid off did you?"

He looked confused again, and then smiled and said "no, I guess I didn’t".

"So, you are a really good IT guy! You are not just an unemployed guy"

Still looking befuddled, he said "well, yeah I guess so"

Who you THINK you are MATTERS!

Focus on who you are and who you want to be, and be it!

Think about those goals and ask yourself "what do I have to BE to have and do those things?"

You open yourself up to other possibilities by changing the way that you think of who you are, and then finding others ways to DO what you want to do.

Think about how and who you want to serve.

Instead of "I’m a hair stylist" maybe you think of yourself as "someone who loves helping women look and feel their best".

Now you can be open to many many other ways to do that right? You may do that as a hair stylist, you may teach other women to become stylists, or teach women how to look and feel their best at home, or ?

Are you ‘a photographer’ or are you a successful business owner?

Think about how you are limiting yourself by the identity that you have created, and ask "how can I BE more than that?"

Choose to chunk those limitations and look for new possibilities TODAY!

Look for ways to share who you are and what you offer.

Look for opportunities to SHARE your talents and serve the world

(vs..’looking for business’ or ‘looking for a job’)

and watch the world up to you!

Ask yourself today how you can change ‘who you think you are?’

(Please comment! I would love to hear your thoughts!)

 

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