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“The Soul Toupee is that thing about ourselves we are most deeply embarrassed by and like to think we have cunningly concealed from the world, but which is, in fact, pitifully obvious to everybody who knows us.”
Tim Kreider
What’s your bald spot / blind spot?
I’ve got a bald spot at the back of my head. The only time I ever notice it is when I catch sight of it in a double mirror but other people can see it all the time. My bald spot exists in a ‘blind spot’ – a place outside of my ordinary field of vision.
In the past, people often approached me at my live events and said something like this: “This is amazing! You’re completely different in person than you are in your marketing.”
This was given as a compliment, but it always surprised and puzzled me. I reflected on it deeply and finally figured out why: my marketing was kind of like my bald spot; I rarely caught site of it from the perspective other people saw it from.
Over the past few years, I’ve changed a lot of how I communicate and engage with the people in my community. My aim is to make everything I do look like, sound like, feel like and BE like what people experience when they work with me at a live event (whether in-person or via live-streaming). The results have been terrific and, while I’ve still got a lot to learn, the comments I get from people at events these days suggest that we’re moving in the right direction.
So what about you… What’s one of your bald spots / blind spots that you don’t often get a glimpse of, but that other people sometimes reflect to you? Please share it in my Facebook group (details below) so we can all learn from what you’ve discovered.
Thanks and have a great day!
Big love
Jamie
PS People are getting busier and inundated with information, so this week I’ve decided to start an experiment. I regularly post ‘mini-articles’ in my Facebook groups, so I thought I’d use the most popular of those each week and share it with you for the week’s article. If you want to see the other ones, the easiest way is to connect with me in the group that suits you best:
The Clarity Results Community is a fun, friendly group of people who are interested in enjoying more clarity and bigger results. In the weeks and months ahead, I’m going to be putting my focus there on how to navigate in these times of volatility and complexity, and the qualities you need to thrive in the years ahead. You can join for free at https://www.jamiesmart.com/results1/
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I look forward to connecting with you there. J