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Lesson 3. Everybody Shits.

I’ll be honest, this is one that came from one of my colleagues and, even though it sounds like a re-hash of an old R.E.M song, it really resonated with me.

We were discussing an upcoming meeting with our CEO and I wanted to check in and make sure she was feeling confident about it. Her response… “Everybody shits”.

It’s so true. Nobody is so super-human or uber-special that they don’t shit. Just to break that down for you:

Your CEO shits.

Hollywood Movie Stars shit.

Glamorous beauty models shit.

Even Mother Theresa, Ghandi and Jesus used to shit.

And sometimes, those shits won’t be lovely one-wipe aces. Sometimes they’ll be horrible, sticky, smelly turds that take like 12 wipes.

We all suffer from imposter syndrome sometimes, believing that we’re not good enough or don’t deserve to be in the situation we find ourselves in. It’s not true. Don’t be overawed by anybody. You ARE good enough.

So next time you are in a situation where you feel nervous about meeting with someone, just remember, they may also be nervous about meeting with you, they’re only human and yes, they shit too!

Lesson 1. Learn From Your Mistakes. Or Better Still, Learn From Other People’s Mistakes.

So here it is. I’ve started a blog. Clearly.

I’d always thought blogs were wanky, self-indulgent things that Generation Z’ers used to promote themselves or elicit the stereotypical ‘you alright hun’ response from their army of similarly self-obsessed followers. So why the fuck am I doing this?

Well, as I get older, I feel like I have things I want to say and I think that by expressing myself and writing them down, I can hopefully make better sense of how I’m feeling. Also, there are lessons I have learned that I want to pass down to the next generation, especially my kids. I’ve always thought that it is important to learn from your mistakes… but if you can also learn from other peoples’ mistakes then surely that’s a bonus!

Maybe some people will read this. Probably no one will. I’m not doing this for ‘likes’ or for fame, in fact my aim is to try and stay anonymous. I’m doing this for me and for my family.

I will try to update this blog regularly, or as regularly as I can, I mean, life is happening around us, right?!?! I’ll try and make the posts short, digestible and hopefully slightly humorous. But most of all, I’ll try and pass on lessons that I learn on the way through this journey that is life.

Right. Let us begin…