Embrace The Real You

The number one thing is, I wish I'd lived my life true to myself, not the life that others expected. And I immediately resonated with that when I was trying to figure out what to do. When I read that, I thought, wow, it hit me like a punch between the eyes. Because even though I was a very well-respected CEO, and I was very competent in that role, honestly, CJ, I just didn't enjoy being in that. It was, I could make myself do it. But it took a lot of energy and effort for me because I felt I was always slightly pushing uphill doing that work. And it wasn't me, what I call, in my element. This is a term Sir Ken Robinson coined. He's a brilliant educator. And he said, when you've got something you really are brilliantly skillful at and you've got something you really care about, you're passionate about, if you can find something that those two things combine or overlap, then you're in your element. So when I was using my business skills and my sales skills to run the foundation to raise money for the orphanage, I was right in, you know, it was like, that was me at my absolute best. Using my God-given talent to do something I really care about. And, and so that, that for me was like a great example of being in my element. And I wasn't in my element