Encouragement:: Be Yourself
Thursday, February 23, 2012
I have to say...sometimes this blogging world is hard. Sometimes having your own business is hard. Sometimes, you rack your brain trying to come up with an original idea only to see that it's been done 20 different times. You can feel deflated.
You look at others and think - wow, they are so successful. I wanna be just like them. They have so many followers on their blog or they have so many clients. Can't that just happen to me? What can I change so I will be like that?
Ever had those feelings?
I sure have. Then I give myself a little pep talk and it looks like this:
Do I think I'm successful? Yes I do.
Do I have as many followers that I want following my blog? No I don't, but it takes time.
Do I love blogging? Yes I do.
Do I have enough clients? It would be great to have more, but I'm picky about who I work with and value each one.
If you view someone as a success, would it be easy to copy what that person or company is doing? Yes it would...BUT for me, I have to remember that I don't have to do what everyone else is doing to be successful. I can incorporate my spin on the elements if it fits with my goals.
It's important that people put their own unique twists on things, on blogs, on events (in my case). I follow so many different types of blogs because I have so many different interests. But what I do is look to these as inspiration. What is going to inspire me to think differently.
I love to create. It's what I'm passionate about. My blog is my creative outlet. Heck, even my day job is my creative outlet. I'm always trying to figure out how to put a creative spin on a roadshow or a conference or a tradeshow booth or a party. There will be people that like my blog and their will be others that don't. There will be potential customers that will be so excited to hire me to plan their next event and there will be others that we just aren't the right fit.
One thing is for sure. What you get is ME! Not a replica...not a knock off. You get the original.
{image credit: Be yourself}
Reader Comments (1)
What a great post, Caryl!! Thanks for that pep talk! Sometimes we all need that!! :)