After 18 years of experience in the work place, I have finally decided to take a bet on myself. I decided that I have enough work and leadership experience to share with others in order for you to be successful. Believe it or not, it took me a while to get to this point. I know you may be wondering, what took you so long? Who was holding you back? To be honest with you…it was me. Yes, the same person that I would hype up every day and take into the workplace with me to show up and kill it, was the same person that was holding me back. In front of coworkers, supervisors and complete strangers, I would perform my job to the best of my ability and above others expectations. If you saw me in a crowd or if I were on a platform where I would have to speak, you probably would have never guessed that I was in a negative relationship. At the end of the day I would go home and hang out with self-doubt. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, Self-Doubt is defined as a feeling of having no confidence in your abilities or decisions. Some days we were mere associates and some days we were the best of friends. It was as if I were living a double life.
During a new assignment in my career I was encouraged to stop selling myself short because I was good at what I did and needed to own it. The same words that I would tell people who came to me for advice, encouragement or mentoring were being told to me. Of course I didn’t listen to the advice until five years later. So here I am, sitting here at the swim school while my oldest daughter is taking swim lessons putting my thoughts on “paper”(Habakkuk 2:2, And the Lord answered me and said: Write the vision and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readership it.).Am I nervous? Of course! I have decided to take a leap of faith (Jeremiah 17:7, But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.) and I am not sure where it will take me. However, I am willing to take the chance and see what happens. If I can reach just one person then I have done what God wants me to do.
Leading people within an organization is a challenge but guess what? You were built for it. If you weren’t God would not have put you in the position. Leading won’t always be easy, but I do believe that it will be worth it! You are not alone. We are in this together.
If you are selling yourself and your talents short, stop it, right now! This very moment is the time to show the world your experience and talents. Stop waiting for the perfect moment, there will never be one. Stop waiting for others to support you, their support may never come. Stop worrying about what everyone else is going to think, their opinions especially if they are negative, don’t matter. Take the leap of faith and do what you have been called to do. Walk in your truth, walk-in in who you are. The time is now. I am humbled that you have chosen to take this leadership and life journey with me. I am also excited about what God has in store for us. Remember, Stand tall and walk in who you are, you are She.
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WONDERFUL! You can be the most confident person but it will come a time that you start questioning your purpose and what you have offer. Situations can leave you on empty because you have to fight your way through so much and hold on to who you are as a person and the value you possess. You may not ever be fully appreciated by everyone within your workplace. However, when you know you have given your all and it has truly made a difference in someone’s life that is VALUE! God doesn’t want us operating out of fear or self doubt so we must shake it off and know we are wonderfully made and have so much to offer this world!
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I love this message. I think we all at least once in our lives sell ourselves short. I know I stand in my way and often times talk myself out of things because of self doubt. Thanks for sharing because it has inspired me to push the doubt to the side and focus on my journey. No one can do it but me 😊
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This is so true. There is at least one time or maybe more where we have talked ourselves out of things. As you can see, it is very easy to do. I am glad that you were able to see you are not alone. 😊
Now let’s plan a fabulous farewell for our friend self doubt and send him/her on their way. We as a community are excited to hear about your journey and can’t wait to see where the road takes you.
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“At the end of the day I would go home and hang out with self-doubt.”
This right here rings true for me. Good post!
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Thank you for your honesty. So, what are we going to do about this friend self-doubt? I say we end the friendship. 🙂
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I think you are beautiful and wonderfully made! This post was awesome and needed on so many levels!!
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Thank you Chasady for the words of affirmation. I am glad that it was on time for you.
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