We have so many different SELF labels in the world; the idea of being self-expressed needs some unpacking.
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We teach in the Thought Leaders Curriculum that commercial success in your practice occurs when three things are in beautiful harmony: The first is that you are fully self-expressed, and the second is that you do so in service to others. The third is that you are then rewarded for your contribution.
If you are self-expressed, but it's all about you and not in service to others, you become a narcissist, which rarely sells well.
If you are in service to others but at the expense of you, you become a pushover and end up doing too much pro-bono and friendoring.
Get these two things right and do so within the framework of a commercially focused thought leadership practice and you will be rewarded for the contribution you make; to the order of $500,000 to $1,500,000, delivering insights 50-200 days a year with one or maybe two staff.
Self-expressed might mean, turning up in the world as you, doing the work you were born to do, and making a difference to the human condition somehow.
We have so many different SELF labels in the world; the idea of being self-expressed needs some unpacking.
We could be talking about self-confidence. How much belief we have in our ability to do something.
We could be talking about self-compassion. How much warmth we have for ourselves.
We could be talking about self-esteem. How much we approve of ourselves.
We could be talking about a self-transforming mind, the mind that grows and shapes itself.
We could be talking about self-authoring. How much agency do we have in our life?
We could even be talking about self-sabotage. How we block/resist peace in our life.
For me, it means that at some level you go through a fundamental shift in identity and experience the world through a wider, truer awareness of the world, the people in it, and your interbeing with all that is.
You turn up with a greater sense of the 'isness' and 'asness' of life.
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With love on the journey
