Stop trying to fit the wrong mould

Jennifer Lopez told Easy Living magazine that she remembered an early manager telling her she should lose weight. What do you think her response was?

a) Losing weight and becoming less energetic (and thus less able to push forward with her dreams)?
b) Sacking him but internalising his negative message that she was somehow (at a slim size 10) too much for the world? or
c) Figuring that "Anybody who could be so stupid as to say, 'You have to fit into this mould or you can't make it' is really short-sighted"?

(If you haven't guessed, her response was c.)

Has anybody ever told you that you couldn't do something because of something that shouldn't hold you back? Paul McCartney famously couldn't read music yet he and John Lennon were prolific.

Create your own mould. If you don't yet know what this is, give it some thought now. What do you like about yourself?

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How can you emphasise these qualities, characteristics and skills?

Start valuing your unique contributions and perspectives. The more you appreciate yourself, the more others will follow.

© Eve Menezes Cunningham / www.applecoaching.com 2008.