Thread by @businessbarista

I may give off the vibe that I’m a really confident founder.

With some things, I am confident.

With other things, I am perpetually unconfident.

Here's an example of one and how I work through it...

I am habitually self-conscious about the way in which I work.

It's simple: my brain works differently than most people & I do work differently than most people.

For years, I have beat myself up because of it.

I have convinced myself that I am a bad worker.

In college, I told myself that I had to work twice as hard as others because I was 50% as efficient.

In business, I told myself that if only I worked like everyone else, I'd be that much more successful.

Not only is that not true, but it also really doesn't matter.

What matters is creating a story that respects my strengths, while allowing for the nuance to continuously improve myself.

Here's what I mean:

The old story:

1) I have a short attention span

2) I am scatter-brained

3) I am all over the place

The new story:

I have an active brain.

It is constantly thinking of new ideas and making connections.

It’s what allowed me to come up with Morning Brew and what pushes me to think about ways to serve an audience.

Without my active brain this wouldn’t be possible.

This new story lets me respect rather than resent my way of working.

My active brain operates in sprints not marathons.

My active brain needs recharges to operate optimally.

This isn’t a bug in my way of working. It’s a feature of how I am hard-wired.

This story accepts how I work while pushing me to be better productively.

I urge you to take a similar approach.

Rather than focus on weaknesses, flip the narrative to your strengths.

Then have an honest conversation about the things that you can do to level-up always.

If you want my full thoughts on flipping the narrative, listen to my recent Founder's Journal!

On Apple: apple.co/3f7Hsuu

On Spotify: spoti.fi/3havtPm

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