Do people really KNOW who you are?

Jill Ethier
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read

We are in charge of what we share, how we share it and more importantly what we do.

Are you being (meaning taking action, talking and sharing) who you really are with those around you?

Or are you editing yourself because you are worried about what people might think or say or how they will react if you show up as you instead of a version of you.

Editing yourself actually drains you. It decreases your personal power. It sucks the life out of you.

How can you live the life you truly want when you aren’t sharing who you truly are?

How can you be who you want to be when you don’t embrace it?

Why are you letting everyone else decide what is ‘right’ for you?

Why do they ‘know better’ who you should be?

If we were meant to be the same, we would have all been born the same, we would have the same skillsets and the same thoughts. We would be a cookie cutter version of each other.

When you determine WHO YOU ARE based on someone else’s beliefs, someone else’s opinion and someone else’s life, you become a watered down version of them.

I say DO YOU.

BE who you want to BE.

Show them, show us, who you TRULY ARE. What excites you? What interests you? What do you want in your life? What are you going to do about it?

And if they don’t like it? Screw them. Seriously. Stop living your life based on them. You will find someone who does support who you are.

You are meant to SHINE YOUR LIGHT, share your GIFTS and spread your GOODNESS into the world.

Do that.

Every time.

That is who you are CALLED TO BE.

We want to KNOW who you actually are.

Will it be scary and uncomfortable? Likely.

Will it be worth it? Hell YES!

Shine your LIGHT.

Share your HEART.

Reveal your SOUL.

Live YOUR life.

Strategize your Life, do YOU.

Jill

www.jillethier.com

Jill Ethier

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Author of When the Meaning is Lost | Personal Strategist | Energetic Ninja. Working with you to create the life that you desire most. Visit www.jillethier.com.

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