I wake up every day with this innate never ending, gets me out of bed drive to be the
best person that I can be and positively impact as many people as I can, so that when I leave
this planet, I've left a legacy.
This year was a doozie, no pun intended.
I learned a lot and I mainly learned how to be your own boss and in every sense of the
word and I really break it down into six simple truths of being your own boss.
Trust, so trust yourself first and foremost.
I think in 2016 I really learned that I always know the answer, whether it's clear to me
or not, if I give it some time deep down I know the answer.
I don't need to look to other people for reassurance or validation or approval.
I know what I need to do and I will always know what I need to do.
Trusting my gut, my intuitions, my instincts, they're a really magical and powerful thing
and every time I've ignored them in my life it has not turned out for the best, so really
tuning in to myself and to my gut and what I truly want.
I think, ironically, my biggest lesson of trust this year is all that glitters is not
gold and you can't trust everyone.
It's something that needs to be earned, not given freely and like I said, pay attention
to intentions of people and also pay attention to your intuition about people because that's
going to tell you everything you need to know about trusting anyone but yourself.
Set your intentions and be really clear on who you want to be surrounded with and gut
check whether people are a fit for you and if they're not, it's okay to get them out
of your life.
My second truth is something that my dad actually taught me when I was really little.
He would always ask me in anything that I did, did you do your best?
It really took me until now to realize what he meant and it's pretty simple, it's did
you show up in every interaction, in every event, in every conversation, in everything
that you have to do in your life did you do your best?
Because it's so true that people forget what you say, people forget what you do, but they
will never forget how you make them feel and I think being your best, doing your best on
a daily basis, yes, it takes conscious awareness, I guess, but if you do it creates magic in
your life.
The third simple truth is comparison will kill you and everything good in your life.
What I've realized is, especially in the world that we live in today where we're constantly
on our phones and on our computers, people think that I'm always on social media but
ironically I'm not, because it destroys your sanity and it destroys your happiness because
nobody shows the real truth all day, every day on social media.
It's a highlight reel, so if you're comparing yourself and your real story to everybody
else's highlight reel, it will make you crazy.
I think I've also realized that if you're constantly comparing, you're not doing your
best work.
I think I realized that my team and I, our super power is that we out work everybody
and we will all day every day because we love what we do and we genuinely know that we're
helping people build businesses and brands that are changing shit.
They're doing big things and we're helping them get there.
I focus on my work and I stay in my lane.
We don't look at anybody else, because if you're staying in your own lane and you're
being true to who you are, then you have no competition.
Nobody has your mind, your goals, your dreams, your visions, so you are the only you in the
world.
You have no competition, so I highly recommend staying in your own lane and it's a game changer
for business and in life.
The fourth truth is know your worth and I think it's really easy, again in this day
and age to look at people and things might look shiny and bright and perfect but you
never know what people are grappling with.
For me, it took me a long time to figure out my real value and my real worth and to stay
true to that and not settle for anything less than what I am worth.
The quality of work I want to do, the quality of people I want to surround myself with,
both personally and professionally and that has made all the difference in the world,
because I wouldn't trade any single person in my life for anyone else because they're
all there for a reason and they're all quality human beings.
The fifth truth is find your people and love them hard.
I have a team around me now, which I'm very, very grateful for and it was a huge leap of
faith and it was really scary because I was so used to working on my own and doing everything
on my own.
Once I found my team I realized that I don't think I could ever go back to doing what I
do without them.
There are very few people in life who will break their back for you and dedicate themselves
to you and I think the reason I have such quality people around me is because I would
do the same for them.
The sixth truth is heart over hustle and this comes down to knowing your worth as well,
as I mentioned, both your time and how you spend it and I think you just got to do more
of what makes you feel good.
That sounds really simple but that's what this is, it's simple truths.
Every day I take time to laugh and dance and listen to music and work out and feed my soul
and be healthy and read, because you have to do those things or else you literally become
depleted and you don't have much to offer in any aspect of your life.
I really believe in wanting for less and living and loving more.
I've stopped kind of putting value on things that are external and materialistic because
they're never going to bring you joy, like the things that are intangible.
A good friendship, a good conversation, a good book, those things are the things that
really matter and will make your heart happy.
This is really the year that I became the boss of me and it has been one hell of a journey
to get here but the journey's just begun.
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