I was owning and managing an independent grocery store during the pandemic. Being on the front lines of a crisis situation and a panicked community, it was like I've never been more clear minded. If anything, their fear made it easier to just be me in that moment. To offer whatever soothing I knew I could. One of the things I started right away was a daily Livestream on Facebook sharing information about food supply chain shortages, limits, process, and all the rapid changes that were going on. Nobody asked me to do that but I could see how nervous everyone was and it felt right to at least let them know what we were up against and all the ways we're doing our best to get through this together. ❤ It was very well received and appreciated. I got to chat with people from all over that found those videos. As people calmed down, a couple months into things, it didn't feel like I needed to be that visible anymore so I stopped doing it. It was one of the most organic moments of leadership in my life so far. ❤ So odd to feel at my best at a time when so many others felt so knocked off center.
"nobody asked me to do that" is a recurring theme in my story. Thank you for this episode that let's me see that instinct with so much love and celebration ❤
I have noticed that people with high self-assurance tend to seek out those who they highly respect, or who have higher self-assurance than them, and ignore those who are unimportant or who are less self assured. Would you say this is accurate?
Hi! I think it depends on what the other themes are. Self-assurance is my #1, and I do enjoy meeting people with high self-assurance, but it's rare that I meet anyone like that. But I don't seek it out because that's something I have inside of me, not something I seek out in others. If a person with high self-assurance also has strategic, it wouldn't always be in their best interest to ignore people based on their themes or traits. Think of self-assurance like this.. it's recognizing that in a dire situation, *you* are a deep resource that can overcome anything. When I come across people who I know can overcome something, I try to lend them my certainty, and help them find belief in themselves. I think what you're describing sounds a lot like insecurity.
I have self assurance as part of my top 10. For me I do place myself with people who I have high respect for. I want to learn from them. But it may be because of my significance strength which is top 5. As for less important that’s a no, as for less self-assured, hmm I just don’t like ambiguity. But when combined with my other strengths command and responsibility I do have a natural ocd to want to bring clarity to an ambiguous situation. I also find a fullfillment in doing that. In that sense, i would be drawn to less self-assured people more than high self-assured people. So i would say not accurate for me.
I was owning and managing an independent grocery store during the pandemic. Being on the front lines of a crisis situation and a panicked community, it was like I've never been more clear minded. If anything, their fear made it easier to just be me in that moment. To offer whatever soothing I knew I could. One of the things I started right away was a daily Livestream on Facebook sharing information about food supply chain shortages, limits, process, and all the rapid changes that were going on. Nobody asked me to do that but I could see how nervous everyone was and it felt right to at least let them know what we were up against and all the ways we're doing our best to get through this together. ❤ It was very well received and appreciated. I got to chat with people from all over that found those videos. As people calmed down, a couple months into things, it didn't feel like I needed to be that visible anymore so I stopped doing it. It was one of the most organic moments of leadership in my life so far. ❤ So odd to feel at my best at a time when so many others felt so knocked off center.
"nobody asked me to do that" is a recurring theme in my story. Thank you for this episode that let's me see that instinct with so much love and celebration ❤
I have noticed that people with high self-assurance tend to seek out those who they highly respect, or who have higher self-assurance than them, and ignore those who are unimportant or who are less self assured. Would you say this is accurate?
Hi! I think it depends on what the other themes are. Self-assurance is my #1, and I do enjoy meeting people with high self-assurance, but it's rare that I meet anyone like that. But I don't seek it out because that's something I have inside of me, not something I seek out in others. If a person with high self-assurance also has strategic, it wouldn't always be in their best interest to ignore people based on their themes or traits. Think of self-assurance like this.. it's recognizing that in a dire situation, *you* are a deep resource that can overcome anything. When I come across people who I know can overcome something, I try to lend them my certainty, and help them find belief in themselves. I think what you're describing sounds a lot like insecurity.
I have self assurance as part of my top 10. For me I do place myself with people who I have high respect for. I want to learn from them. But it may be because of my significance strength which is top 5. As for less important that’s a no, as for less self-assured, hmm I just don’t like ambiguity. But when combined with my other strengths command and responsibility I do have a natural ocd to want to bring clarity to an ambiguous situation. I also find a fullfillment in doing that. In that sense, i would be drawn to less self-assured people more than high self-assured people. So i would say not accurate for me.
But piggy backing off of Wow, you have to take a combination of how your strengths work together. It’s not something you can isolate.