I never worried I wasn’t enough.
I worried
— and was told, reassured, reminded —
that I was TOO MUCH.
Too direct. Too unrealistic. Too dramatic.
Too demanding. Too intense. Too unsociable.
Too rigid. Too different. Too open.
Too loyal. Too sensitive. Too free.
Too unforgiving. Too driven. Too defiant.
Too cling-y. Too affectionate. Too masculine.
Too casual. Too unrelenting.
Just TOO MUCH… Me.
Chris and I were talking to the kids about our college years. Many of his friends, well… didn’t “love” me. lol… In totally genuine confusion, even two decades later, Chris says, “I don’t know why they didn’t like her.”
I do.
In the “easy to love vs. fun to love” debate,
I recognize that I fall WAY outside the “easy to love” camp. =)
Most common advice that has flown MY way over the last 41 years? About relationships? About business? About life?
💥 “Tone it down, Michelle.”
💥 “Reign it in.”
💥 “Don’t show SO much.”
The truth is, I LOVED acting,
but only on stage.
In life,
in business,
I want to be… FULLY me.
Not a dressed up version of me.
Not a professional, buttoned up version of me.
Not a homogenized, commoditized, universally approved version of me.
But ME.
And this is the KEY to making money, really.
THE REASON YOU’RE NOT MAKING THE MONEY YOU KNOW YOU DESERVE IS YOU’RE COMMODITIZING YOURSELF.
AND HERE’S WHAT ELSE…
YOU’RE BUSY-ING YOURSELF WITH ALL THE STUFF…
THE FUNNELS, THE LEARNING THIS SOFTWARE AND THAT… SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO FULLY BET ON YOU AND YOUR MESSAGE.
Maybe you don’t BELIEVE in you or your message.
Because if you DID, you’d show up,
every day and let the message BE the way.
The way you’d become known,
the way you’d create demand for your work,
the way you’d sell,
the way you’d sort prospects,
the way you’d grow your business.
Yes, I know the risk.
The risk of being hated,
of being called out for being TOO MUCH of something,
or NOT ENOUGH of something else.
I know the risk,
and I know the public reality of this.
Been there. More than once.
But STILL,
I show up unapologetically ME.
Because anything LESS,
is a shadow, a mere image,
something that disappears like a vapor…
here for a moment, a show, a season,
but quickly exiting back stage for yet another “REINVENTION.”
Maybe they’ll like THIS?
Maybe they’ll pay me for THIS?
Maybe THIS ITERATION of me will finally work??
Maybe THIS version of me will be successful.
It must be exhausting.
The constant people pleasing,
the sheer weight of trying — every day — to twist into some VERSION of you that may impress people.
What if, instead,
you showed up FULLY, authentically you? Unapologetically ALL of you?
The crazy, the spiritual, the quirky, the intense, the MIX of ALL of you?
What if you brought it ALL to the market?
Not to impress…
but to IMPACT.
Nothing toned down,
nothing reigned in,
And let your message…
that which you can’t NOT say anymore…
BE the way your business, reputation and DEMAND grew?
I’ll tell you what if. THIS is what if:
💥 You’ll quickly sort out the tire kickers from those you can really help.
💥
You’ll quickly be DE-commoditized in the mind of your market.
💥 You’ll quickly be a HELL YES for your ideal clients.
💥 You’ll quickly gain “recognition” in the marketplace.
💥 You’ll QUICKLY have the business, the demand, the pricing you WANT.
But only if you go all in,
FULLY backing
you..
and what you KNOW you are here to say.
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