I can quite honestly say I have been lonely most of my life.
Now, before you feel sorry for me, don't! Being a leader is a gift and one I recognized within myself from as early in life as I can remember.
However, it comes with a high price to pay. Leaders lose more "friends" than most. They are judged, criticized, and overall held to higher standards than others. They are oftentimes viewed as aloof or awkward.
I know this first hand because it is the story of my life. As lonely as it can be, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
I don't need to meet my girlfriends at the gym to get motivated to workout. I love to eat dinner out at a restaurant alone and above all else, I cherish traveling all by myself. I don't run in a pack.
I didn't always see this as a gift. In fact, to this very day, I place judgment upon myself from time to time. When I cause a stir, challenge my family, or disrupt the status quo, I ask myself why I always have to be so vocal;) But inevitably I get a subtle reminder of why I am who I am. A message from a total stranger that they appreciate my honesty. A text from one of my dearest friends (like this morning) telling me she is proud of me and recognizes my hard work.
No matter what, live your life with your head held high! You are here for a reason. You have a purpose.
Never apologize for who God made you.
Your happiness is not a gift given to you by others.
Create a mantra for your life. If you aren't writing your story, someone else is writing it for you.
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eml-radio-talking-truth/id1498113483?i=1000558947971
Hello my friends!
I'm finishing up the transition away from Locals onto Substack and wanted to be sure each of you have made the necessary adjustments to your accounts. For those of you who have remaining months left on your paid support here, I have comped you the balance over at Substack.
This will be the final week I post content here.
I will resume the live recordings over there, starting with our first call on Friday, March 3rd at 9am/12pm. Invitations to join the Zoom calls will go out on Substack. Mark your calendars!
Also, be sure to download the Substack App! I love the app and find it so helpful in organizing content I want to read later by keeping it on my dashboard.
See you on the other side!
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One of the biggest challenges in writing my book is not being able to share any of it along the way. Given my narcissistic need for constant approval and attention, not having any feedback is killing me. Even negative attention is better than no attention at all (which explains a lot of my behavior in life), so not only am I missing the praise but I also miss my haters.
I need to break out of this cave. Thanks to Chuck Palahniuk who writes Spoiler Alert on Substack, but you would know as the author of Fight Club, I got the idea to share some excerpts and things that won’t make the final edit. This will give us both what we need. I get some attention and you get some thought provoking words to make you think (and possibly laugh, cry or both.)
Today’s snippet is from the first draft of a chapter titled, Remove Your Kindergarten Name Tag. I am currently on my third revision and we can all be thankful for this. As I walk my readers through the dark hallways of my earliest years, and attempt ...
Wanted to pass this short video along. We think of health in very limited ways. Faith, nature, love, communality, shared human experience…all prove to be just as necessary, if not more so, than going to the gym.
I’ve always viewed and taught health from this perspective. It is my belief the lack of these essential elements is as big an issue in our culture as poor diet and lack of movement.
The takeaway-we can do better🙏🏼
