It’s not arrogant to know you’re good at something. It’s accurate.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Somewhere along the way accuracy about yourself got filed as bragging, so people learn to go vague about their own strengths and call it modesty. An honest account is not a claim to be better than anyone. Saying you are good at writing, or at calming people down, or at fixing things, is a description, and pretending otherwise mostly wastes everybody’s time.

Say one true thing about your ability this week without hedging it. No qualifier, no joke afterward to take the weight off. The room does not turn on you, and people can finally use what you have got.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What are you genuinely good at without needing to qualify it?

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