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Thursday, December 27, 2007

That's it! I'm being a show-off.

"Quit being such a show-off!" my mother said to me. She said it at least once a week.

So I sent my life waiting for people to notice that I'm good enough to brag about. After all, I'm smart, I have talents, I work hard, and I'm a very nice person. But in the end, most people forgot about me the moment I left the room. Brag-worthy, I was not.

Meanwhile, all the people who were blatant self-promoting exhibitionists were getting all the attention, even when their work was only of marginal quality and their attitude was less than gracious.

Then, I decided that I would stop waiting for somebody to brag about me and start boasting about myself. After all, if you don't believe in yourself, why should anyone else? I stood up and said, "Hey! Everybody, look at me. Look what I can do. I'm pretty damn impressive."

And that has made all the difference.

Labels: My Life

posted by Kristen Brooke Beck  # 7:37 PM

Comments:

I made just the same realization not long ago.

# posted by  Jason : December 27, 2007 8:27 PM

 

I'm happy you did, Jason. You deserve to come out of your shell.

# posted by  Kristen Brooke Beck : December 31, 2007 9:54 AM

 

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