Are You A Penguin Or A Peacock?

"The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through." ~Sydney J. Harris

Do you think that you are a good communicator? Why? What most people call communication is no more than exchanging information, not communication. Do you see the difference? Let me explain...

Let's say you are at a networking event and you meet someone and you start talking about your job and what you do. They are nodding their head, and speaking at the right times and at the end of the conversation, you think that you were communicating...SORRY...all you were doing was giving information, not communicating!

Communicating is getting through, being understood and remembered! Are you memorable? Most people aren't. Why? Because they've been programmed to be just like everybody else...Boring...Penguins...all together...staying safe with the group.

So, who are you? No, not what do you do, but who are you? When you are able to answer that question and communicate it, you will start to stand out and be unique. Be a first rate version of yourself rather than a second rate version of someone else.

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Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!

"The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through."

Who You Are

"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not."
~ Denis Waitley

Are you thinking that what holds you back is who you are? That's not what is holding you back. What is holding you back is thinking that you are not enough, thinking that you need to become more. All you really need to do is to find who you think you're not inside of you! We each have been created uniquely, and each of us has something special to bring to the world.

Are you bringing your uniqueness to the world? Here's the sad part if you aren't. The world will never see what you were meant to bring to it because you are the only one who was given that special gift to give the world. The gift you were meant to bring to the world can only be brought by you.

Here's the attitude you need to have. Joan of Arc said "I'm not afraid... I was BORN for this!" You were born to bring your uniqueness to the world. Don't be afraid. Start now.

Action:
Realize that you have everything you will ever need to bring your uniqueness to the world inside of you already. Your don't have to learn something new, you just need to release what's inside of you.

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Be Yourself

"Being yourself lets you operate out of your strengths."~Chris Widener

Who are you?
This is a question I ask everybody when I'm networking. I usually get and answer that sounds like this, "I'm a banker, I'm a mortgage broker, I'm a SEO specialist... I have to stop them and say "that's what you DO, I asked, WHO are you." Then I get a blank stare. Sometimes they are quick enough to come up with something. but most of the time, people can't tell me who they are. That's a sad story about our culture today, we've lost who we are and we're all just playing roles..."all the world's a stage..."

GET OFF THE STAGE, STOP PLAYING SOMEONE ON TV, BE YOURSELF!

People say to me "what if people won't like the real me?" How do you really know that they like you now? If you are on the stage, what's to say they aren't on the same stage. Maybe they're just acting like the like you now...

If you are not being authentic, you are giving away your strength and power. Are you operating out of your strengths? Why not?

"It's far better to be a first-rate version of yourself, than a second-rate version on someone else."

Be authentic be who YOU are. Just YOU.

"Being yourself lets you operate out of your strengths."