Summary: <br> <br> BE A FIRST RATE YOU<br> EPISODE #82<br> Always be a first-rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else. –Judy Garland<br> <br> <br> EPISODE #82<br> What I want you to take away from today’s show:<br> <br> There is only one you.<br> You are unique, and there is a great purpose to that uniqueness.<br> How to celebrate your individuality for the greater good.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> What I want you to take away from today’s show:<br> <br> There is only one you.<br> You are unique, and there is a great purpose to that uniqueness.<br> How to celebrate your individuality for the greater good.<br> <br> <br> While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die – whether it is our spirit, our creativity or our glorious uniqueness. <br> –Gilda Radner<br> To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. <br> –Ralph Waldo Emmerson<br> Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind. <br> –Dr. Seuss <br> <br> Story:<br> Handwriting is personal. I love handwriting because I love words, I love type font and well, I love the way words can transform how the paper looks. I also love written words, and in particular, handwriting, because it reveals to me something about that person that I could not have otherwise known. Handwriting is intimate. Seeing the handwriting of someone you know and love after a long time of not having seen it makes you smile on the inside a little bit. I have been known to save letters, simply to save someone’s handwriting.<br> <br> The science of graphology indicates that how you write can reflect up to 5,000 distinct personality and character traits about you. Cursive is even more conclusive to your style. Handwriting experts claim that all handwriting is unique to the individual. It reminds me of how incredibly unique we each are. We are all taught how to write in the same way, yet we all write differently.<br> <br> <br> <br> I want you to embrace your own uniqueness.<br> <br> A rose is beautiful.<br> <br> A sunflower is beautiful.<br> <br> A daisy is beautiful.<br> <br> All are beautiful and similar, yet different and unique.<br> <br> <br> Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open. –James Broughton<br> What a privilege to be here on the planet to contribute your unique donation to humankind. Each face in the rainbow of colors that populate our world is precious and special. –Morris Dees <br> <br> (1). You are one of a kind and unique.<br> My mentor Kim tells me all the time that “There’s only one Trish Blackwell.” Likewise, “there’s only one you!”<br> <br> Oh, my gosh did I spend years of my life wanting to be someone other than myself.<br> <br> I wanted my name to be Kelly, like my best friend when I was six.<br> I wanted to be more naturally skinny, like my high school friend Hunter.<br> I wanted to be from a wealthier family, like the girls in my boarding school.<br> I wanted to be taller like my college friend Melissa.<br> I wanted to be cooler, like some of my college sorority (ok, “eating house”) sisters<br> I wanted to be smarter in science, math, and history, like my brother (memory retention!)<br> I wanted to be funnier, like my friend Angi<br> I wanted to be more naturally stylish, like my friend Caroline<br> <br> The problem is that when we focus away from our strengths, we lose ourselves for the strength that we really have. When we waste emotional energy wishing we were more like someone else, we become blind to see ourselves for the person that we are.
