Who Are You?
by Miki Saxon
Are you familiar with The Onion?
I came across an old headline and laughed at how applicable it is to so many of us.
Search for Self Called Off After 38 Years
Phil Gerbyshak described himself in response to Becky Robinson’s Be Who You Are, in which she said that she couldn’t separate her business self and personal self.
But would she want to?
We are all a product of our MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy™).
The biggest difference between personal and professional is the words used to describe what’s going on. We have ‘relationships’ in our personal life and ‘interactions’ in our professional one.
Knowing who we are is important, but constantly updating our knowledge is even more important, because we continue changing as long as we live.
Stopping your search could mean being stuck at that point like a fly in amber.
Along with continued searching, we need to share the information with the world, not just in words, but through our actions. I came across a quote from the movie Fat Like Me that says this best and has always resonated with me.
The world will tell you who you are until you tell the world.
And another one I read somewhere.
What we are never changes.
Who we are never stops changing.
So be your MAP, tell the world and update them frequently.
Image credit: Thiru Murugan on flickr
January 21st, 2013 at 1:17 am
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