Heroes on a Tuesday

[Don’t Dismiss It - III]

Make a list of your heroes. A few people you really admire.

Take a look at the list. Quickly. What is it you admire about them?

Entrepreneurial.
Articulate.
Driven.
Wildly successful.
Passionate.

We perceive others, especially those we admire, to be one-dimensional. All good. All respectable. All successful. All the time. We accept their curated public persona as who they are, and disregard what they might be like on Tuesday mornings, with bad breath, sleep-deprived, and short-tempered.

We filter out their flaws, even if they’re obvious. And we do the opposite when we look in the mirror. (All I see in myself, it seems, is the bad breath, the terrible night sleep, and the short temper.)

Our heroes are complex. They're human. They're wounded. They're trying to make it.

So are we.

Your admiration list is true about you, too! Don’t dismiss your strengths, your gifts, your brilliance, your drive, and your passion . . . because you had a bad Tuesday morning.

We all do.