Accept The Way You Do Things

Influence holds a lot of power. In fact it holds so much power that it can determine the way someone acts, and does things within their own lives. I truly believe that if you are not grounded in who you are at your core, it is so easy to be influenced by what someone else is doing. It is so often that we see similarity within content creators, because no one is being authentic, and creating content the way that they would do it. With the many trending content concepts roaming around it is so very hard for one to stick to being original. I had this issue within my own journey, but recently realized that being authentic to myself was far greater than copying someone else's work. I realized that even if I copied how they did things to a "T" that it would still not mesh with who I am, because I was not being authentic or true to myself.

"It will only mesh if you are being authentic, and true to yourself."

I had began my brand Boss Girl Mob, and had no idea on how to market my content. I felt like everyone else was marketing their brands in a great way, because of the feedback, and consistent traction they received, so I looked to them on how to go about marketing my own business. I bought this Ebook on how to market your brand, but was immediately overwhelmed by the graphics of this Ebook. I felt so small compared to this brand, and although she was dropping gems I felt like I didn't know how to incorporate those tips into marketing my own business. I got discouraged in the middle of reading, and taking notes, and completely stopped equipping myself with key information that could help my business marketing. In the midst of me choosing to stop reading the Ebook due to "my lack of creativity" I realized that I didn't have to do things the way she did it, and that the way I was doing things with my business was just fine. I remembered something that Sarah Jakes Roberts once said, and I'm paraphrasing "God can't bless what you are doing if you are not doing it in a way that is authentic to who you are." I quickly got myself together, and remembered who I was, and whose I was. I didn't want to create from a place that wasn't real. So I never went back to the Ebook, and I created within my own flow of creativity trusting that God would bless it.