Do You Sound Great?
This coming March, I’ll present Songtaneous for the group Woman of Today. I got connected to the group through a friend who’s an editor at the woodworking magazine where I used to work. Since she’s a writer, she did a write-up about Songtaneous and me for the group’s newsletter and sent it to me for proofing.
As she requested, I read through it to check for inaccuracies (there were none *smile*) and reported back to her, “Wow, I sound great!”
She generously replied, “Of course you sound great; you are great!”
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Well, how come we don’t always remember that?
I mean, I like to think my self-esteem’s healthy (my friends compliment me frequently on my positive self talk) and that I give myself credit for my talents and accomplishments.
Sometimes, though, I get so head-down, nose-to-the-grindstone occupied in the day-to-day of creating my music career, that I forget to stop and smell the roses. (Or smile and update the resume.)
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It’s like Jen’s Friday quote.
Why are most of us better at championing others before ourselves?
Why do we look at the lives of others and see Pollyanna potential and possibilities and look at our own lives and see stagnant, cloud-covered dead-ends?
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What about this?
What if you were Pollyanna about your life? What if you sent Eeyore packing?
What if you tooted your own horn?
What if you championed yourself the way you champion your best friend?
Or your spouse? Or your child?
What if you decided you were great?
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Okay? Now, go write your bio.
(Or get someone else — a writer if you’re lucky — to do it for you. *grin*)
Include your accomplishments. The ones that matter to you.
Don’t stop until you sound great.
