Embrace Your Uniqueness for Success

What if embracing your uniqueness could be the key to transforming your personal and professional life? This episode of Mindful Business Evolution's Mindset Monday promises to guide you through the empowering journey of authenticity and self-honor in business. Inspired by Jamie Kern Lima’s "Worthy" and the wisdom of Taylor Swift, we discuss the profound impact of recognizing your worth and standing firm in your truth. We unravel the importance of speaking your truth and letting go of societal expectations that often hinder genuine self-expression. Prepare to be inspired to embrace your true self and understand why your uniqueness is not just acceptable but necessary. 

Learn to focus on the positive aspects of your life and harness the transformative power of gratitude. We explore how genuine praise, especially from experts, can reshape your self-perception and foster growth. Discover the difference between consciously choosing your actions and merely reacting to societal norms. By making deliberate decisions and planning for success, you can create meaningful changes in your life and the lives of those around you. Join us on this path to mindful living and professional growth, where every choice is a step towards thriving. Namaste.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:02

Mindful Business Evolution the podcast where networking, mindset and technology converge to empower success. In today's fast-paced world, navigating the complexities of business while nurturing personal growth can often feel like a daunting task. Hello and welcome to Mindset Monday on Mindful Business Evolution. My name is Heather and I'm your host, and I'm so happy to be here. You guys, I love starting our week with choosing and deciding how we're going to show up. It really makes an impact in your life when you start doing this every single week. I really enjoy the energy it creates for myself and for others around me, so I'm really glad to have you here with me today. So we are in chapter three of Worthy by Jamie Kern Lima, and, if you haven't heard, she does have a podcast out about this now too, so there's lots of information to tap into this, not just us, so you can just tap right into this goodness that's happening in the world right now and be a part of this movement to really connect to who you are inside and that you are worthy just by being you.

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Jamie has a poem I would like to read to you, and it is just like a little like affirmational poem at the beginning of her book and I wanted to share it. I will come as I am, heal where I Blossom what I choose, journey towards my calling, stay as long as I'd like. I know I belong here, I am worthy, I am loved, I am loved. Such a wonderful gift. This poem Just like know that you belong here, know that, right, where you're at is where you belong. So chapter three is you're not crazy, you're just first. So I really like this because we have been first here on this podcast really talking about the in-depth things that happen on the inside of our bodies. Right, this means you know, standing up and saying the thing when it needs to be said and I often say it's the quiet thing, so you can hear it in your back of your mind that quiet thing needs to be said a little louder. So, whatever that quiet thing is, maybe try saying it louder and you get really brave as you do that and you're really standing in your authenticity. And when you can stand in your authenticity and separate yourself from what society has decided you should be or you should be doing and has shed it all over you, you find your own uniqueness in something and start to shine that you're going to feel so much better in life. You being who you are, you deserve that. You deserve to be you. You're here for a reason and you deserve to share that. So it's a really good chapter about really digging into your own authenticity and sitting with that.

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And there was even a couple of really good quotes in here. One of them is from Taylor Swift If you're lucky enough to be different, never change. If you're lucky enough to be different, never change. The world doesn't need you to change, the world needs more of you. Let's take a couple breaths on that one. The world doesn't need you to change, it needs more of you.

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My friend, wonderful Morrison, with Leader Academy, is coming to mind as the one who taught me that Like nope, nope, we just need more of you, stop hiding. So our four agreement card of the day is always do your best, honor yourself. Ooh, that goosebumps when I said that. Always do your best, because if you're trying to live in your authenticity and you're trying to figure that out, you can only do your best that day to make a change towards who you are, to make a change out of the story into who you are. Our card says honor the man or woman that you are. Take the risk to express your dream. Taking action is about living fully and expressing what you are. You deserve this. Honor, the person that you are, honor yourself, honor who you are. When you show up for yourself in who you are Life-changing. Oh, oh, my goodness. I love that for you because that's a journey that I've taken for myself. And showing up for myself every single day, you, you, you are with you every single day. And when you show up for you every single day, and when you show up for you every single day and you start to enjoy your time and like yourself and like what's happening, because you are choosing and deciding, that's what we do here.

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So I don't even think it's a coincidence that of the 52 essential conversations to have card that I drew today was gratitude. Cool, we talk about that. Like have gratitude, have you figured out what you're grateful for? But when you literally are focusing on the good things that somebody tells you instead of the one bad thing, the one bad feedback, and like don't protect that bad feedback from the good feedback. Like don't turn yourself away from the good feedback to protect this like bad feedback, like lean into that good feedback.

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What are people telling you? What are you fearing and be so grateful for the real feedback and receive it. Yep, I'm taking some breaths, because when we receive it and we breathe it in and we hold it, it gets to imprint and we get to focus more on more things that are good, because what we focus on we look for over and over and over again. So are you focusing on the good? I am so grateful that I chose to focus on the good so that when my friend told me that I had good energy and she's an energy worker energy and she's an energy worker I almost started crying, because that's such a you know, when the expert gives you the compliment, right, she's an expert in her field and she gives me the compliment, I was able to feel it. And then I reflect back to her Thank you, like from you, that's a serious compliment.

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And then to hold that, instead of all the bad things, hold the good things. Hold on to those. They're everywhere, we can find them, and sometimes it is dark in our brains and we still think that everybody's, you know, thinking like us, but they're not. Remember, we all are here with our own journey and we are all choosing and deciding how we show up every single day. Oh, pardon me, we are either choosing and deciding or we are reacting. It's one or the other, and reacting often leads to just the same things the shoulds, the shoulds of society. But by choosing and deciding every day, once a week, making the plan, showing up in our success, showing up in our greatness, choosing to have the shift, we are making changes in our lives, so one day at a time, and the lives of those around us.

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So I'm so glad to have you here and I'm so thankful for you joining me. I hope you have a fabulous day. Namaste, are you ready to transform your business and elevate your success? Join Mindful Business Evolution. With our membership, you get exclusive access to bi-weekly power hours, expert-led workshops and strategic partnerships designed to grow your business and mindset, connect with like-minded entrepreneurs, gain valuable insight and unlock your full potential. Don't wait Empower your journey with Mindful Business Evolution. Join us today and thrive.