Be your own Leader - 2

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If you are your own leader you decide what you believe in, you decide what is right for you, what feels right for you, you decide your values, your code of conduct.. you decide what you think about things; you think with your head and think critically about all that is offered. 

You do not believe blindly everything you hear or see, but you carefully evaluate them, you choose what you believe in; you choose your thoughts, you choose what you say, you choose your life. You decide what you are going to do in your life, what you are going to create in your life. And your values, your choices, and your thinking will be the foundations of your life.
And there is nothing that you 'should' do, have or be; you choose everything. You are your own authority. And this means taking the risk of being alone, of not being liked, of not being popular, of being rejected, but with the enormous treasure of being true to yourself.

And the funny thing is that when you are true to yourself, and it seems that you are unpopular, the truth is that people will actually like you more, because you are authentic, because you are doing something that they wish they could do themselves, and you are also showing them courage and the possibility that they could be able to be themselves as well. Sometimes it might seem easier to follow rather than to lead yourself, less effort, but this is just at the beginning, and once you learn to be your own leader, everything is effortless.

There is a quote that sums it up wonderfully: "If we value independence, if we are disturbed by the growing conformity of knowledge, of values, of attitudes, which our present system induces, then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning" - Carl Rogers

How about owning up to who you are, with your gifts, passions and natural abilities? How about making the decisions to honor yourself, your life and your individual expression? This year, how about being the greatest leader in your own life that you can be. Why not? What have you got to lose? 

Today is the day to let go of the old voices of the past and the opinions of others and set your sites for what you want in life. There is a leader within, that knows how to lead - let it. It is O.K. for you to show up and be seen. It is great for you to be proud of who you are, just the way you are and go for it. Today, you are the leader in your own life. Where are you being led? How about to the top? Go for it!

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