Cream always rises to the top. Even "Macho Man" Randy Savage knows that. Tell 'em, Randy! (click the pic)
Your time is coming.
You'll get that promotion without self-promotion. You'll be heard without being loud. You'll be seen without being front row.
People who matter can see what matters.
The truth is you matter. So you need to see it for yourself.
Do you get what I'm saying?
Believe in yourself.
We all feel like we have something to prove to other people. But we're the only one that needs convincing.
So the question is: HOW do you prove it to yourself?
Take risk, then OWN your failures AND your successes.
Full ownership reflects honesty. And honesty begets humility.
Humility is being no less or more than who you truly are. It's not self-deprecating. It's not self-exaggerating. It's just being honest with yourself, and others.
Humility creates the self-confidence we need to succeed.
"Self-confidence does not come from seeing oneself as strong, without flaws, or above making mistakes. Self-confidence and belief in yourself come from accepting flaws and mistakes and realizing that you can go forward and grow past them, that you can learn from them." 9 Things a Leader Must Do, by Henry Cloud
Boast in your weakness. Don't be afraid to say what you can or can't offer.
The truth is I have nothing to offer you but all of me. And a few helpful reads.