A short YouTube monologue by Jacqueline Elliott asking listeners to examine whether they are a "person of influence" in various spheres (family, team, business, friends). The speaker argues that becoming influential starts with self-love, forgiveness, and putting oneself first; she shares a personal story about motherhood where reclaiming her identity led others to view her differently and enhanced her leadership presence.
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If you're going to be the person of influence, think about it. Am I the person of influence in my family? Am I the person of influence in my team or my business? Am I the person of influence within my friends? Am I the person of influence everywhere I go? Or are you not? And how do you create? How do you become that person of influence? Crazy thing. It becomes from loving yourself. It becomes from you loving who you are and forgiving yourself and getting to that level of putting yourself first. I learned it the hard way as a woman. You know, I gave up a lot of different things as a mom. And I realize my kids were just seeing me as mom, and I wasn't. They weren't looking up to me, so I had to change that. And I was like, hey, I selfishly have to take care of myself for them to notice me. And his eyes changed, like, all of a sudden, like, what are you doing now? Like, oh, my gosh. Like, I wasn't just there doing everything. And that's what sometimes we need. You need to love yourself. You need to become that person of influence and be proud of yourself, stand strong, and that's how you become a great leader.