The Tribune

Let’s be honest, a massive number of people are living a life of sitting small rather than standing tall. Not because they can’t stand tall, but because they don’t know how.

The reason for this is simple – they are burdened by strong feelings of negative self-perception.

The bigger question is, what are the ingredients of this negative self-concept?

More often than not these negative emotions are the result of unaddressed feelings of low self-esteem, small self-image and a lack of confidence, which are nicely bonded together by the feelings of not being good enough.

If you feel like you’re not good enough you will think, behave and live your life from that exact position. This will motivate you towards a life of sitting small rather than standing tall.

Fear not my friends. If you find the above description speaks to you and you wish to transition from sitting small to standing tall, you are at liberty to make that decision here and now.

I thoroughly believe that my life is to be lived according to me, and likewise your life should be lived according to you. The question is, are willing to own your life? You see, you can move from sitting small to standing tall, but you must be willing to do the work.

This work is about understanding who you are, what makes you unique, what do you really believe is possible for your life, and more importantly, do you see yourself from the broadest, most positive point of view?

Sitting small is not your destiny. You are born for greatness. You are born to stand tall; to allow your light to shine so brightly it will blind all those naysayers.

Standing tall is done from the inside out.

You cannot stand tall “out there” if you’re sitting small “in here”.

Whatever you feel within is always projected without. Thus, you must reconcile your personal, inner issues first. Be encouraged to get your personal life in order before attempting to organise your professional or business life. Failure to do so is like building your house upon the sand.

Truth be told, many of us are conditioned to explore, understand and even dominate the outer world. There are no structured schools, classes or study periods through which we are directed or motivated towards such inner exploration.

Yet it is the inner world that gives birth to the outer world.

For this reason you must take a personal interest in exploring, understanding and dominating your inner world. Your capacity to live a life of standing tall rests on your willingness to take such a plunge.

The deeper you dive into knowing yourself and gaining understanding, the more readily you move towards standing tall.

If you do not do the work you cannot experience the benefit of standing tall. It takes work, and by work I mean action. Action always speaks louder than words.

All great achievers recognise that to stand tall they must get beyond the habit of talking about it and instead actually do it.

The 16th US President Abraham Lincoln said that the best way to predict the future is to create it.

Leader to leader, what do you predict for the future you? Is it a life of sitting small or standing tall? Recognise that whatever you do in this moment is a seed sown towards your future harvest. Essentially, the future is now.

If you are going to live your life according to you, why not live a life of standing tall? In so doing, you elevate your mind and move towards living an empowered life. Yes, you can do it.

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