I am a Humble Goddess

When we are young we are taught to be quiet.  To be humble. No bragging.  Don’t get too excited about ourselves.  Right?

And so what happens.  We don’t know how to take a compliment.

Your dress is so cute!

Oh… I wish it wasn’t so tight right here.  It shows my back too much.

I love your hair!

Oh – I just wish it wasn’t so frizzy.  I’ve been trying to add oil to it so it will calm down.

Your speech was so great!

Oh… I feel like I kept saying “um” too much!

Sound familiar?  Exactly – because we all do it.  It’s uncomfortable taking a compliment.  But why?  Why is it so hard just to say THANK YOU?

Try something right now…. I want you to think of FIVE things.  VERY SPECIFIC things that you do or are – that are absolutely amazing.

Go ahead…

All Five…

Do you got ‘em?  How long did it take?

Now here is the second thing to do.  Think of five things that are wrong with you or that you don’t……  WOAH… WOAH… WOAH!!!!  Let me finish my sentence!

How come you thought of them so fast?

See what I mean?

But why do we do this?

Because nice girls are shy.  Nice girls are humble.  Nice girls don’t brag.

Fuck that.I just spent the weekend at a Spa Convention in Vegas and I was so inspired by so many of my colleagues – both men and women.  But the ones that inspired me the most were the ones that I could really look up to.  It had nothing to do with success.  It was the confidence.  It was the ones that were telling me a story about their products.  They were so PROUD.  They were so confident in what they were showing me.  NOTHING could stop them!  How exciting it is to be excited about yourself and your creation!

I love these men AND women.  Those that can command a boardroom.  Demand the attention of a convention hall.  They do not apologize.  They do not make a list of their misgivings.

But the women I admire most, when it comes to taking over the business world – is that they are not angry.  They are not bitter.  They do not yell.

They JUST… ARE.  They have a quiet courage.

They just KNOW that they are in charge.

But they also know what it took to get there.  They know the determination.  The sleepless nights.  The tears on the other side of the locked door.  They know that the old schoolers are against them.  But still they stand.

And when they stand – they are killers.  Killers full of humility.  Full of gratitude.  And full of themselves.  God Bless them!  Because they have earned it. And not only have they earned it – the real Bosses are teaching others to be killers too.

At this convention I had so many people come up to me and tell me that they are reading this blog. It was so exciting!  So INSPIRING!  And at the same time so humbling.

Of course, the first thing that I wanted to do is say something like… No big deal…  But I had to bite my own tongue!  It is a big deal.  And I am grateful.  And I am excited!

So PLEASE…. Be a goddess.  Be a grateful… humble… Awesome Mother Fucking Goddess!

And thank you,

Hannah