I received a lot of feedback from people in regards to my last post on introverts. It occurred to me, when so many people were relating to it, how much courage it takes for us each and every day to put ourselves out there and step out of our comfort zones.
I don't mean just in regards to being introverted, but for all of us when we have to really challenge ourselves to go against our nature. Whether it is to stand up for ourselves when people are behaving like bullies in the office, or it is having the courage to seek a more rewarding career, or the times when we have to be brave and step out on our own after having the protection of family or a relationship.
There are always going to be people who will cling to mediocre, who will be scared of change and who will wish to drag you down when you seek change in your own life. I have met many of these people and it makes me sad that they will never have anything more because they are too scared to look for it. Yet being challenged by these people can only reinforce our own desires because sometimes it is the things you have to fight for that you will appreciate.
A couple of weeks ago I got up and spoke to a room of around eighty senior HR professionals. These were the people I was interviewing with last year, the same people who wouldn't hire me because I didn't have a degree, I didn't have X years of work experience or whatever pigeon holed skill they were looking for. Yet there I was telling them how to use social media and how I used it to get my current role. I was schooling them, and the only reason I got to be there was because I fought against my nature, I fought against mediocrity and I said I wouldn't settle. So I stood there, and I didn't blush and my voice didn't wobble and I told them how I did it.
And I am proud. I am proud of what I have done, of all I have fought for to get where I am. I hope that when you look at your own life and your own history you can be proud too.
If not, then maybe you need to start fighting for it.
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