Quote of the day:
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.”--Judy Garland
Consider:
Some things never change. For example the question "Who am I?". That search for self is universal.
The thing that has changed in the last generation or two, though, is where people are looking for the answer. For many it's not so much a search to find values and a purpose to base their lives on, as a search for an identity, an image, with a heavy emphasis on individuality.
Never has there been so much importance put on expressing individuality as in today's commerce-and media-driven world. I did a quick search on the Internet and found 153,000 sites telling me how I could express my individuality, and most of them were selling something.
What most people don't seem to realize is that in our quest for individuality, we end up models of conformity—walking advertisements that promote other people's ideas, tastes, creativity, and enterprise.
But stop and think. Are those surface things what make up the real you? Or is it the inner you, your spirit and the values motivating you and guiding your actions that determine the real you? What do you want to be known and remembered for—the image you project, or the positive influence you have on others?
Wishing you all the best,
Coach Dana
(Compliments of http://www.actionvisioncoaching.com/)
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