Mindset Makeover- Passion Led You Here . But what’s your story?

Mindset Makeover- Passion Led You Here . But what’s your story?

Theme: Staying focused

Date : 08/16/2021

Where: Patio

Time :12:49am

Mood : Blessed and Busy

Plan: Clarity, Action , Execution

Mission : The Business of Your Image ; Image + Influence +Impact

Weekly Theme Song  For You? : Jennifer Lopez “Get Right ” https://youtu.be/1WIsnC-h1d0

Voice : Passionate/TD Jakes vibes

To : My Favorite Boss Women, #GlamourBosses #Glam’MoreSociety

Hey Boss Lady !

Happy Mindset Monday !!

While I feel like this blog was about to start off super emotional.  This post today is more about feeling excited, blessed, and inspired to be living your best life.

Girl , last week was a whole mess, emotional, spiritually and physically. So  this week I wanted to hype us up,  focus on our personal why, and mission in building your personal brand .

So boo, last Wednesday I had a major allergic reaction to black hair dye ?.

Chile…

I seriously LOOK like Martin Lawrence from the episode where he was in a professional boxing match and was swollen and knocked up the next day .

From swelling in my face, neck, and eye . This whole experience was scary and slightly traumatic .

I immediately started to Google if this is a common thing.  To my surprise black hair dye has an element that can cause serious allergic reactions and it’s pretty common. Now, while  mine wasn’t as bad as it could have been.  Strolling down to the 5th search page, I saw swollen faces, closed eyes, and women who experience throat closing and red blotches all over .

Now let’s get transparent ;

 

When I first set out to build my brand it was based on beauty, not so much doing makeup . But I did want to start discussing all the ways it takes for a woman to maintain her beauty, purchasing products , best places and a lot of the lies around beauty  so, I launched a blog called “ The Lies & Truth About Makeup”.

 

I started it because I remember being 13 and not liking how I looked , stealing lipstick to look like Claire Huxtables from the Cosby Show and thinking if I could only be beautiful my life would be different.

 

Now in my 30s , confidence in who I am ….. ( Always growing )

I haven’t thought about being beautiful for other people in years….

Not saying I don’t love some likes on an image , but I am secure on how I look with makeup and without ..

But today, as I look in the mirror… I realized how much I liked myself… now that I don’t look like myself .

This whole weekend I questioned if my face would be the same.  How would I take pictures?

Omg my eyebrows.

Jesus my face .

Then boom! Regret fell  on me like never before .

Looking at my face , I started to think about all the ways I missed opportunities, didn’t do YouTube videos , didn’t model , talking myself out of all the stuff I should have shown up for .

Because after all it was just beauty…. Right ?!

Again , looking at my face I started to think of all the stuff I didn’t do cause I assumed I had time.

I started to think about my personal  story, what I was truly passionate about , and why we all believe we have “time”.

How many of us have used the  phrases “When I make it “, “When I get money”, “When my platform is bigger”?

I started to think of all the things I haven’t done because I told myself the story of “ When I have  time”!

While I believe time works for us and against us , I also believe many of us don’t use our time to tell our story, or we are still telling ourselves an old version of a story from some time ago.

I love makeup , I love the process of getting dressed, I love storytelling in beauty and photography .

But this weekend as I looked at my jacked up face, I started to think of the story I’ve been telling myself about my own career and success in building my personal brand.

As the face, spokesperson, or an influencer of your brand your audience is hearing directly from you. They are connected to you by the stories you share, life experiences, and transparency in what you do, how you have experience etc, and how you plan on helping them.

That’s what makes a personal brand authentic !

Your story is the center part of your why .

But most importantly is what keeps you there . It’s the reason you can show up when your passion isn’t “ there” ,when you don’t feel motivated , or when you don’t feel like you have a reason to show up on or off social media .

I love passion . I even use the word in my tagline “ I teach passion driven women how to show up glamorously in content, media, business and life.”…

The part I overlooked as many of us do is the “ HOW”

Webster describes “ HOW”  as in what manner or way : by what means. : for what reason. : to what degree, extent, or amount.

So back to our topic , passion led us here, but what about your story!

HOW!

How do you want to use your gift to help people ?

What was your reason for starting your business? Or speaking ? Or being a leader?

For me , it was telling the truth about what  I didn’t know and all the stuff I had to figure out on my journey .

For me it was wanting the ambitious woman who was creative to not be confused about how she wanted to channel her creativity .

For me it was feeling excited to put on a show for my audience , to tell stories , to perform in front of an audience .

Remember as much as you want to help your audience , you should want to enjoy what you do .

Passion drives you to want to know more about what you’re doing and the bigger problem your audience is having .  How is the way you plan to do it , what reason you’re doing it , and how much effort you put behind doing it.

So on this mindset monday .

What new story do you need to tell yourself about what you’re doing ?

Whose story about yourself and what you want to do are you believing ?

Again, as I look like I’ve been one on one in a boxing match , I asked myself the same questions.

What aren’t you using around you that you have taken for granted ?

Whether it’s your beauty , your voice or your talent .

Starting today is the only way you can do it bigger down the line .

But if you never plant the seed, how do you expect for it to grow into a tree that gives you shade and fruit?

You have the power everyday to rewrite your story and show a new side of your personal brand.

While your goal is to always inspire your audience , your first mission is to inspire yourself.

Love you boss lady!!

See you next week at the board meeting of the minds!

And if you see me posting 50 million pictures , it’s because I’m focused on plus beauty modeling .

Listen , if we are going to be here. We gotta be fabulous and make the world fabulous .

Monday Mindset Makeover Challenge:

Write a new story about yourself as the hero in this new world that you want to create.

What does the new world look like? What’s your role?  What do you have to overcome to beat the villain? Who lives in this new world? What is your mission?

If you want to share your story feel free to join the community , or  email me at [email protected]

As always thanks for reading ! Love you boo!

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