Growing up I have always been asked to make sure I show people who I am and be proud of who I am at all times. It did not matter where I went or whom I was with at the time, I made sure I presented no other person but me. If someone found me to be not of their interest, it did not bother me because I knew what one person does not like, another one will. In my eyes, you win some and you lose some.
Well, I am reading my articles this morning and I stumble across one that talks about being yourself in the workplace. It claims that being yourself can harm you from being promoted. Now, excuse if I am wrong, but if you don't be who you truly are than are you not lying? Is that not a sign of someone who is untrustworthy?
Never, wear a mask just to get ahead in life because one day you will be sitting in that office looking around that room all by yourself, just wondering, what the hell you have been doing. You won't be happy. Well, you will smile for those who are around you, making them think you are happy, but it is the alone time that is the most important. If you are alone and not happy with who you have become, something is wrong. Portraying who you really are not, just to succeed or overcome something in life will only leave burdens that will carry around with you for the rest of your life and there is no sense to carry bags we do not need. Right?
It is more honorable to refuse to hide who you are. Uniqueness is everything. Let it shine!
