How To Build the Confidence To Stand Alone and Feel Content
For optimum longevity, source your self-belief intrinsically
It’s ok to stand alone and to be conspicuous.
To do this, we must recognise our value and learn to be proud of who we are.
Recognising our accolades requires us to listen to the whisperings of our hearts. Too many of us betray ourselves by pandering to people around us. People who shout and throw their weight about rarely have our own best interests at heart.
Sometimes, we need to love people from afar.
Loving people from afar means stepping out of their shadows and holding them at arm’s length. Only when we are genuinely tuned into ourselves can we hear the messages of our souls.
Life can feel like walking through quicksand when we feel like an outlier. I also know that the outlier is the spark that lights a fire. Like the Dancing Guy in Wednesday’s piece on How the Lone Werido Becomes the Sought After Leader, people who stand apart from the crowd are at an intersection of possibility and opportunity.
I want to share a story about Pythagoras and the fifth…