As I said in my last post, the next one will be focussed around Hannah. I believe I am a man of my word, and another key tenet of leadership is to follow through on what you say you are going to do.
So for what it is with, here I go ...
Self perception a big issue for most people, if not all. At some stage of our life, I feel we all succumb to negative external and/or internal factors that create doubt for and about ourselves. I know I certainly fall into that category. Given that all of our circumstances are unique, it would be wrong of me to generalise here with what I about to write, so I will try not to.
Let's take Hannah for example. In her late teens, tackling what I would consider to be a pretty tough uni degree, so clearly we have here a person of considerable intellect.
From what I have seen of her artwork, we have a seriously talented person here, considering she is self taught.
I had cause to ask her a question about my blog and she was straight onto it with help and advice. For me, this says I am dealing with a person who has compassion, empathy and genuinely likes to help others.
I could keep going, but this will suffice for a snapshot.
So let me summarise what we have so far:
Not a bad list to begin with.
Finding time to make all of this happen, as well as being a daughter, friend, and probably a colleague would challenge most people. So I think I will add excellent time manager to the list too.
In all of this, I see one thing missing - Hannah having time for Hannah. I could be wrong, but here could be part of the self perception issue - not investing time in yourself.
Investing time in oneself is absolutely essential to keep you in balance. Taking a bit of personal time to take stock of where you are going, and not neglecting where you have been is just so important!
If I can see these qualities, those people Hannah associates with certainly will too. Some will be supportive, most ambivalent, and some jealous. It is this last category that we all tend to focus on. So much negative energy wasted when we could be doing something more productive. The challenge as I see it is to rise above the negative self talk, and maybe that from others as well.
To do this, I look back at the list of qualities that I have made about myself and tell myself that I am a good person. When the negative self talk kicks in, I try to use that as a way to improve myself. All in all, the message here is to not be too hard on yourself, and treasure the things about you that make you you. Others treasure those things about you - why shouldn't you?
Until next time,
CfB
So for what it is with, here I go ...
Self perception a big issue for most people, if not all. At some stage of our life, I feel we all succumb to negative external and/or internal factors that create doubt for and about ourselves. I know I certainly fall into that category. Given that all of our circumstances are unique, it would be wrong of me to generalise here with what I about to write, so I will try not to.
Let's take Hannah for example. In her late teens, tackling what I would consider to be a pretty tough uni degree, so clearly we have here a person of considerable intellect.
From what I have seen of her artwork, we have a seriously talented person here, considering she is self taught.
I had cause to ask her a question about my blog and she was straight onto it with help and advice. For me, this says I am dealing with a person who has compassion, empathy and genuinely likes to help others.
I could keep going, but this will suffice for a snapshot.
So let me summarise what we have so far:
- intellect
- talent
- creativity
- compassion
- empathy
- selflessness
Not a bad list to begin with.
Finding time to make all of this happen, as well as being a daughter, friend, and probably a colleague would challenge most people. So I think I will add excellent time manager to the list too.
In all of this, I see one thing missing - Hannah having time for Hannah. I could be wrong, but here could be part of the self perception issue - not investing time in yourself.
Investing time in oneself is absolutely essential to keep you in balance. Taking a bit of personal time to take stock of where you are going, and not neglecting where you have been is just so important!
If I can see these qualities, those people Hannah associates with certainly will too. Some will be supportive, most ambivalent, and some jealous. It is this last category that we all tend to focus on. So much negative energy wasted when we could be doing something more productive. The challenge as I see it is to rise above the negative self talk, and maybe that from others as well.
To do this, I look back at the list of qualities that I have made about myself and tell myself that I am a good person. When the negative self talk kicks in, I try to use that as a way to improve myself. All in all, the message here is to not be too hard on yourself, and treasure the things about you that make you you. Others treasure those things about you - why shouldn't you?
Until next time,
CfB
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