Being Vulnerable Can Be Your Biggest Strength
Someone told me once, ‘you don’t wear your heart on your sleeve, you wear it all over you’.
I wasn’t sure if it was a compliment.
I asked myself, should I be less passionate? Would I better off having a poker face?
The answer is yes sometimes I would, because it would make me less vulnerable or less polarising in some situations. It would enable me to navigate workplace politics better.
So it would be easier in some ways, but it wouldn’t be authentic…it wouldn’t be me.
I’m okay with everyone not liking me…well most some of the time.
I’m not really interested in workplace politics.
And I’m okay with being vulnerable.
The below quote says it perfectly for me.
“Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset … The new goodness that is coming to you … can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”
― Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior
Be vulnerable.
Share your story and self with others.
Take risks to go after what you want most.
Put yourself out there.
Show emotion and sadness when you need to.
Trust others.
Opening your heart to possible hurt and rejection also opens it to opportunities.
‘Vulnerable’ is today’s word out of the jar. Read more about my Out of the Jar project here.
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