The Art of Public Speaking
July 3, 2014If Your Parents are Alive – Serve Them Before it is Too Late!
October 13, 2014I love my idiosyncrasies. .after all they are an integral part of me .If you do not like it; there is nothing I can do. You are welcome to embrace these if you like. I love my uniqueness. How about you?
This is what I posted on my Facebook page. Many of you may wonder what the provocation was. Perhaps provocation is too harsh. I anchor a TV programme called Inspirate. I interview friends of mine on a wide range of topics. I would sometimes loudly exclaim heha. The panelist on my programme find it quite refreshing and relaxing. Anyway, I love it. I learnt that one of the viewers and perhaps they may be more who find it irritating. I must confess that there are many who love it. That is not the point. It is not about the numbers game. It is about you. I feel a sense of exhilaration and excitement when I say it. It is spontaneous.
I believe that you cannot appease people and it should never be your objective. As long as one is not offensive and insensitive then it is fine. You will always get your detractors. That is part of life. Indeed we are unique. Too many people mimic other people’s behaviour . Yes my friends be your authentic self. The question is what is it that makes us unique? There are many things make us unique?
- Your beliefs
- Your attitude
- Style of communication
- Idiosyncrasies
- Life experiences
- Goals
- Ethnicity
- Creativity
- Habits
- Childhood
The list can go and on and on. The bottom line is before you discover others .Discover who you are .Celebrate who you are. This by no means that you are better than the rest .It simply means that you are younique (sic). We are not talking about character. You cannot ignore this universal truth. If you do not love yourself (not narcissistic) then I love my idiosyncrasies you cannot love others. Worse still you will not regard yourself worthy of other people’s love
So the next time you do anything in the public domain ask yourself why are you doing it? Does it reflect your real you? Those who are true to their real self, lead fulfilling lives. The following quotation is an apt conclusion to this piece.
“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can offer with the cumulative force of a whole life’s cultivation, but of the adopted talent of another, you have only an extemporaneous, half possession.”