Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Make your imperfections your superpower #shorts

3 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip (Vishen Lakhiani) addressing limiting beliefs about accents and perceived imperfections in creators. The speaker recounts an anecdote about making a video on eye contact that was humorously misinterpreted (use of the word “asses”), and uses this to argue that owning imperfections, failures, insecurities, and quirks makes creators more relatable and that wearing a mask reduces authenticity. The practical takeaway: when creating videos/courses, be authentic — imperfections become a strength because viewers see themselves in the creator.

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So people say, well, I have an accent. Why would anybody learn from me? So oftentimes we have those limiting beliefs about our accent. What if I make a fool of myself? What if I mispronounce words? One time, maybe eight, nine years ago, I was making a video, right? And I wanted to talk about eye contact. You know, you look directly into somebody's ass and you feel, look, people made funny comments, right? Some people said, like, ah, you know, this guy is talking about asses. But here's what happened with this video. This video, your imperfections make who you are. With all your imperfections, your weaknesses, your insecurities, your failures. And what we try to do is we try to make that separation, no, no, no, I don't want this. So you try to push yourself away from it. Nobody's perfect. And people can see when you are wearing a mask. If you own your imperfections while creating video courses, people will love you for that. Because when they see you, they'll see themselves.