The Best Piece Of Advice I’ve Ever Been Given
The best piece of advice I’ve been given in my 27 years of life so far was told to me when I was around 21 years old.
Someone once said to me; “you can do great things, and I don’t want to see you hold yourself back.”
Honestly, this is the one piece of advice that has stuck with me all these years.
Through everything, this is what keeps coming back to me. It’s what pops back into my head every now and then.
My biggest issue in life so far is my lack of self-belief. Confidence is myself has been the one thing I’ve been tackling the most for my 27 years of life so far.
I feel like at 27, finally, maybe I’m getting somewhere. I feel like for the first time, maybe, I can be me, unapologetically. I am starting to find my confidence in myself, and the belief to back myself and what I know, and what I can do.
From an early age we get so pre-occupied trying to follow what everyone else is doing that somewhere along the way we forget to follow ourselves and our own god damn hearts.
“you can do great things, and I don’t want to see you hold yourself back.”
We all hold ourselves back so much in our daily lives. Whether that’s in a professional setting, or a personal one. If we’re at work holding back with a manager or a colleague, on a first date, or with a friend or new acquaintance. We all hold back parts of who we are so other people will see us as more competent, more fun, more bubbly, more professional, more laid-back.
We’re constantly torn between showing us to the world, and letting the world make us put on a mask to hide behind. We’re stuck somewhere in between doing great things and holding ourselves back from reaching them.
So pull back the curtains, open the windows and let the light shine in. Picture the great things you can do and then go do them. Grab every opportunity. Trust your gut. Live your life. Be great.
Success comes from letting yourself go, being free, trusting your gut, and actively reaching for the greatness you seek and has probably been bubbling right underneath the surface for longer than you realise.
