Your Life is Not a Sound Bite or an Elevator Speech

Have you ever tried to impress someone in 60 seconds or less resulting in an epic fail?  "But wait, there's more", you might want to yell as the person of influence walks away.  "Here's my resume, a note from my mom, and my organ donor card.......I am worthy!!"  My "someone" I want to impress is Oprah.  I always wonder what I will say to her when I meet her to impress her with my greatness.

Of course, first impressions are important.  It's human nature to want to impress people.  But knowing and loving our day-to-day selves is much more important than someone else's first impression of us.

Most of us have anxiety in new situations and/or with people in positions of authority, with the President, the Queen, or our favorite rock stars.  It's natural, normal, and expected.  The important note, though, is that this is not who we are in totality, it is only part of us!!

In the short-term, people impress us with their presence, their confidence, their gravitas.  In the long-term, as we get to know people on a personal level, we are impressed by their values, how they handle a crisis, and how they treat friends, strangers, waitresses and the elderly.

If you are impressed by only wealth and power, you may be missing the bigger picture; and if you are being judged by only your money and power, you are being short changed.  

Let's have our 60 second speeches ready and keep them handy.  The best combination is to impress ourselves and others in the short-term and the long-term. 

You will know as your self-esteem improves, because when you meet someone famous and they aren't impressed by you, you will be able to say with ease, "it's her loss, because I would have really enriched her life if she took the time to know me."

Have a great day!

Xo

Conni

Today's Mantra:  I am more that what people see during an elevator speech.

Mantra for Every Day: I choose to send love to all; receiving love back multiplied in infinite proportions, creating and nurturing pathways of love.