It’s Easy To Fit In…… March 20, 2009 at 11:08 am
But is that really why you are doing what you do? Is fitting in going to serve you in the best way?
To fit in..or to stand out?…..
Here’s a blog post that got me thinkin’!! 
Fitting in vs. standing out
You won’t have any trouble at all finding someone who can tell you how to fit in.
They can tell you what to wear to that restaurant or this conference or that funeral.
It’s not that difficult to figure out how to fit in. If fitting in is your goal, you should be
sure to get great advice on how to do that.
Standing out, of course, is trickier. Stand out too much and you’re a jerk or a fool.
Clothing is not the point. You have this choice to make in everything you do, from
your career to the words you use in a sales letter.
The point: choose.
Are you doing this to fit in or stand out?
Here’s the link back to Seth’s original post
Now, why am I writing about this?
Well, if you are reading this, you are probably in search of something different in your life.
You need your business to change/succeed….you need your self-image to change/improve
….I am not sure….but you are in search of something more.
What one needs to do is to is take a good look at the people who have succeeded before him.
Take a look at the people who possess the self-image that he wishes to possess. Take a good
LONG, HARD look and then ask…”Do they fit in, or do they STAND OUT?
If you ask yourself these questions and take that LONG, HARD look, you will discover
that without exception, they all STAND OUT.
Michael Jordan…
Tiger Woods…
John Lennon…
Jimi Hendrix…
Oprah…
Eddie VanHalen…..yeah… I LOVE Rock guitar!!!
Martin Luther King Jr.
Henry Ford
Eminem…….and I LOATHE RAP!!….but I must honor his AUTHENTICITY!
I think you get my point
If any of these people had taken the lower and easier road, of fitting
in, I highly doubt they would have achieved the level of success that each one achieved.
So the question remains…..”How in the world can I stand out
without looking like a fool?”
It’s SIMPLE but not easy!! You need to
tap into and REVEAL your authentic self and go out and
be a WALKING REWARD FOR 10,000 PEOPLE…..10,000!?!?!?!?
You say….ok …..start with 3!…We’ll get to that in a sec…
Becoming “Your Authentic Self”…sounds easy doesn’t it.
If it’s so darn easy, why is it that so few people actually do it? It’s SIMPLE (there’s that word again) really.
It comes down to ENVIRONMENT.
Think about it. If each time you attempt to do what you see and feel in your heart
and MIND, you are shot down by the words and actions of others,
how are you going to reveal your true self?
I have a 4 year degree in Accounting and the summer before my senior year I realized
I would NEVER be happy sitting behind a desk for the rest of my life and I decided
to become a Golf Professional!!! Yep!!! …summer before senior year!!! My professors and
fellow students all said to me: “You CAN’T do that!!!!!….You just spent 4 years learning to
be an Accountant…” Luckily for me I was located in an ENVIRONMENT of FAMILY & FRIENDS
who got UNDER me and helped move me towards my dreams and desires
(including the one’s who PAID for those 4 years!!). Without that ENVIRONMENT,
I very easily could have reverted right back to FITTING IN.
Now take a look at your own situation. What do your friends, family and co-workers say
when the topic of your business comes up? Do they say “It CAN’T be done”….or
“You’re a DREAMER” or “You don’t know how to do that” etc…If you hear that stuff often
enough, guess what? YOU WILL START BELIEVING IT TOO!!! The saying
“You are what you eat” holds true for your mind as well!!! If your mind is fed that GARBAGE
for a long enough time, you will become….a LEMMING…conforming to what OTHERS think
and what makes OTHERS happy. Is that what you really want out of life? I would guess
your answer would be NO!!! If your answer was anything different, you probably would
not be reading this.
Now, back to your 10,000 people!! Remember, we are starting with 3 people….
Do you have 3 people following you….NO….NOT on TWITTER you wisenheimer!! :)…
Do you have three people? Three people that you are a WALKING REWARD for.
Three people you are getting underneath and moving them towards their desires?
These three people may or MAY NOT have bought anything from you.
If not why not?
A goal is only a dream until 3 other people dream with you!!
Do people feel better because of you?(Think Wal-Mart…Barnes & Noble…)
Are people USING YOU as a rest….as a signal of STRENGTH?….
Here’s a BIG ONE to ask yourself….
Are people bound to a FEELING THEY GET FROM YOU…..NOT THE COMPANY OR COMPENSATION PLAN?
…PLEASE READ THAT AGAIN!!!
If the answer is no…that’s ok because that can change!! ….but if the answer is no…..are you really STANDING OUT?
Don’t you want to STAND OUT?.
Just something to think about on the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!…..woooohooooo!!!!
It’s time to “Plant our seeds….not our needs!!!”
Chat soon
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