003 - Be Yourself

Welcome to 1 minute tips! My name is Rod Gomes, let’s dive straight into today’s tip. Be yourself! When you say it out loud it sounds almost stupid, right? Be yourself, of course I am myself. But when you really think about it, it suddenly isn’t that trivial anymore. We’re often trying to be what we are not. We’re trying to fit, trying to impress others, carefully crafting each Facebook update so we don’t look less interesting to others. The outcome of trying too hard to be something we are not is often frustration. You may be able to keep the mask on for a long time, but you’ll get burned out, eventually. I’m not immune to this, au contraire. I’ve suffered from this syndrome for a long time, and I was miserable. So I decided to just be! And so far I’m loving it. That’s my tip for today, just be yourself. It may be hard at first, you will try to trick yourself into thinking you’re not good enough, that you’re a fraud, that you don’t have a voice or even that you don’t have anything of value to share. These are all mind tricks, believe me. You are a unique and interesting person, with more than enough value to share with others. Give it a try, be yourself. Take care, stay active, stay positive!