You Can't Be Everyone's CUP OF TEA[And That's A-OK !!!!!]

 

Very true, YOU CAN'T BE EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA [and THAT's A-OK !!!!!].  There's a unique kind of freedom in realizing that you DON'T have to be loved OR understood by everyone  In this frenzied world that constantly pushes us to fit in [sometimes NOT obligingly], to be LIKED and to MEET expectations, it is that easy to feel like something is wrong with us WHEN we DON'T.  BUT here's the truth.  You were NOT made to be everyone's favorite and you DON'T have to be.  Verily true, NOT everyone will appreciate your quirks, your passions, OR the way you express yourself [and that's perfectly A-OK].  We need to note that we are NOT here to mold ourselves into a version to please others📘📙📗

SO HOW?  Dude, we are here to be that authentic, that raw, that genuine enough and unapologetic at that.  I remember someone was widely quoted "DON'T WATER YOURSELF DOWN JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE CAN'T HANDLE YOUR FULL FLAVOR".  I also remember my lifelong premise that generally, when you walk into a room with 10 people, expect 10 unique personalities and YES, 10 different opinions.  Once you deliver your spiel, DON'T expect them to be your 'rah-rah' cheering squad because these days, people will even invoke 360-feedbacking, WHICH is skewed because peddling one's opinion was never in-scope for the 360-feedbacking practice!!!

Very true, there will be people WHO will criticize you until you reach the precipice of the mountain.  Brace yourself, people will criticize you, misunderstand you OR will simply walk away and it's NOT because you lack something at that moment.  Likely, it's because you did NOT 'meet the bar', they DIDN'T hear from you WHAT they wanted to hear.  In short, at that moment, you are NOT their taste.  BUT let us NOT lose hope because someone out there will savor every part of WHO you are and those are the people WHO matter most in your life, the genuinely appreciative people WHO fully know and understand you well enough, INSIDE OUT😋😋😋

In the corporate world, things can be ten times tougher.  I remember I had to collaborate with our Global Sales Enablement for a major deal we were working on.  Even after I squeezed myself 'HIGH AND DRY' to infuse all my inputs into the bid proposal, I told myself to temper my expectations and at best, expect the 'worst feedback'.  WHY?  Apparently, it is human nature to look for something that's NOT IN THERE.  I remember I was doing some window-shopping and shoppers would walk IN AND OUT.  And within hearing distance, I heard 99% of them and almost all were looking for something that was NOT in that product display❌❌❌

Our takeaway:  This highly pressured world we live in DOESN'T need another version, another copy of yourself.  Instead, WHAT it needs are people WHO are brave [literally speaking] enough to stand to their truth, EVEN IF that truth ISN'T always welcomed with open arms.  Your own WORTH does NOT and will NOT decrease simply because someone else fails to see it.  It shines regardless, steady and unwavering.  So, STOP shrinking to fit into pieces that were NEVER MEANT for you. STOP apologizing for being different and instead be bold and unyielding.  YOU CAN'T BE EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA [AND THAT'S A-OK]!!!