Don't Trade Your Authenticity for Approval
๐ I did something today that hurt my heart, but I had to do it. For the first time, I declined a recommendation ๐ on another platform. ๐ Why? ๐ As I read through the long recommendation, it became quickly apparent that the writing was more about the author than about me. So I checked out the profile and scrolled to the "Recommendations Given". Verbatim. Copy and paste. The last several recommendations given by this person were an exact match to mine.ย ๐ค I am about authenticity, and this was certainly the polar opposite. I must be true to who I am. Iย must be true to what I believe. Iย must decline. ๐