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Success doesn't come from hard work. It doesn't come from learning strategies. It doesn't come from being in action and implementing those strategies. It comes from having the right mindset. 

 

Be honest with yourself and embrace your imperfections and embrace your weaknesses.  If you come off as too perfect, like people aren't going to want to learn from you. It's just not authentic. There's no connection there.  Just embrace your imperfections.

 

Here are three ways you can be perfectly imperfect as you share your gifts with the world.

  1. Acknowledge your imperfections. Because if you hide from them you'll never overcome them. Okay? So be okay with that. Be okay to not be perfect and really, really get vulnerable when you're around people or customers.
  2. View challenges as opportunities.  When a challenge arises and you may want to think about how badly it "sucks", change the thought to "This is an opportunity for me to learn something and an opportunity that's going to help me grow."  Give yourself the permission to fail.  Be graceful in the failing and learn from it.
  3. Always be learning. Learn different ways to learn, learn different subjects. Always be a student of learning.  Know how you learn and do not try to fit into a box that other people try to fit you into.  It's all about finding your own voice, your own way and your own learning.

Now, write these down so that you can practice them. Because without practicing them, you're never going to implement them. And if you don't implement them, you're never going to have a change in the mindset. And if you don't have the change in mindset, you're never going to be able to break through that ceiling that's preventing you from getting to where you want to freaking be.