ok I’m going to try a little self Love here. not something I’m terribly good at, which is kinda the point of this whole thing. anyways, what’s p & c? it stands for “Positive and Confident”. an old friend taught it to me, and this is what it means: if you live, act, breathe, and embrace being positive and confident, through every walk of your life, be it in interactions with people, doing something, not doing something, saying no, saying yes!, delivering a pitch, bringing up a tough conversation with a loved one......if you really truly embrace being p & c throughout these types of interactions or events, you will be shocked with how well they go. And i mean shocked. even when its like - a bad message - people are like, wow omg thank you for being so honest. I’m not even being disingenuous here, this fits incredibly squarely into the authenticity theme - its just a way of approaching it and another lens through which to inspect, approach, and conduct your life.
i think i like it so much because (i think) I’m good at being p & c. so here is the self love, full circle, get it. i am a naturally optimistic person and i like positive people. I can’t think of one really close friend I’ve ever kept who was a negative person. I just dont like them in my orbit. Keep that negative juju to yourself and stay over there ok Ricky Bobby - dont you put that hex on me. But yea, just stick to your smile, stick to eye contact, stick to being genuine and honest and straight up and MAKE IT OK for the other person to do the same. i think what you’ll find is that the other person will begin to match your energy, mirror your approach, and then guess what now you’ve got two people on a higher level, a cooler place, and now the conversation has been elevated. There’s a cool word for this but its basically like when 1+1 = 3. anyways, I’m partially writing this to remind myself that i am good at staying p & c, and i need to stick to my guns here. I hope that you can remember p & c as well, it should help! Lots of love.
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