Super Man didn't Introduce himself as Kryptonite Man, did he?!?

So I am listening to an AWESOME book Called "Super You" By Emily Gordon.

At first I felt the book started out kinda slow and not really my thing, But I had it highly recommended to me so I read on.

By chapter 4 I was loving it, She is so Real and makes it fun to talk about Emotions that we usually bottle up and hide or Freak Out over every so often.

She shares how to us Tools we already have in our lives to address the emotions at hand and use them to our Advantage rather than our Failure. 

But today I specifically want to share with you a bit about my take away from Chapter 7 of Emily's book. 

She starts out posing this question "Why do we feel it necessary to include our weaknesses (depression, anxiety, bipolar, ocd, fat, crazy, etc...) in our introduction of our selves to new people we meet for he first time." 

Super Man Never introduced him self by saying "Hi I am Clark Kent and I can not be around Kryptonite or I'll basically die" He didn't refer to himself by his weakness, Kryptonite Man. 

So WHY do we refer to ourselves by saying "I'm Fat" "I'm OCD" "I'm Depressed" It may be a weakness that we have but that does NOT define who you are, by any means.

In our society we feel like leading with our weakness levels the playing field a little, makes us think that others wont feel inferior to us if we put ourselves down, or make ourselves seem weak. 

BUT we Each have unique Quality's that make us Super Heroes in our own way. We may have qualities like:

* Great listener

* Amazing Cook

* Selfless

* Can Sew anything

* Thoughtful 

* Kind Teacher

* Leader

* Intelligent

* Friend

* Wonderful Wife

* Loving Mother

* Supportive Dad

* Hard worker

* Diligent

* The ability to Over Come a weakness that may seem impossible 

* Serving

* Helpful to those you feel are in need

* Non Judgmental

* Great House keeper

And the List could go on for several pages, but you get the idea I am trying to portray. We Need to be proud (in a good way not a Prideful, I'm better than you way) of the Strong qualities we do have and learn to Lead with those.
Just less than 2 years ago, I felt I could "NEVER"

be Fit and toned to where I wanted or dreamed of.
Let alone share a video of me exercising, showing my tummy. I was a mom of 3 and that was that, I just had to accept my body as it was. "I was FAT!"
But I was introduced to a New way of thinking and a program that works Every Single time, for every person that follows the program, and because of this I have the Body I wanted, I Love who I have become, and I am sharing this with you to show you that YOU too can Over come your weakness, you can Create the Life, the Health, the income you WANT! Because we are Strong, and have many strengths to be proud of. 
Share your Strengths as you meet new people, let them know ways you can mutually benefit from a friendship. Many times if we lead with our weakness, we come across as needy, or week, or a downer, and that new person we just met is thinking "How can I run now before this person latches onto me like a leach and I wont be able to get rid of them." 

That is certainly NOT the first impression we want to make with anyone. 

Now I a not saying to try and come across as a Perfect person who is flawless, or some one who is better than those around them. But what I am saying ( and what Emily Gordon suggested) is that those things should be reserved to be talked about with those whom you TRUST and Know will listen and Not hurt you with that knowledge.   

So my Goal from now on is to do my best to stand proud of the things I have accomplished and refer to myself in those way, and Help others to do the same. 

I Sure hope this was an AH HA for you like it was me, and that YOU will go forward as a SUPER YOU!!!

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