Get Real

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Published by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee
Monday, December 17, 2001
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Get real is a cliché that I hear a lot of people use today. I have to stop and wonder what it would take to get real. Getting real is much more difficult than it sounds. To get real means we would have to be our authentic selves. We would have to risk being real, risk being found out, risk being ourselves.

For many, the thought of getting real is just too frightening. Often we hide behind the facade of who we are. We wear a mask in public and only take it off when we are in the safety of our own company.

Getting real means that we become who we are. It means embracing all that we are. Getting real takes time and courage. It is more than a cliché. Getting real is about getting back to the real person we are inside. It means finding ourselves and expressing who we really are.

Coaching

Getting real is a process that takes a lifetime. The steps to becoming real are unique to each person. However, the first step to becoming real is almost always awareness. The awareness that we are truly more than we have become. That somewhere deep inside lies the real us. The second step is to create the courage it takes to proceed on the journey of self-discover. It isn't an easy journey, but it is the most rewarding journey we can ever attempt.

Have you started your journey?

Daily Success Formula

Awareness + Courage = The first steps to becoming real

Quotes

"Be yourself, no one else can be." Coach Lee

"Don't compromise yourself. It's all you've got." Janis Joplin

"Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment--the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is." Jorge Luis Borges

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Suess