I attended an AWC meeting (Association of Women in Communications) at the UW last night (yes, I know I graduated and yes, I pretended to be a student!) and learned two valuable lessons.
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First, everyone fakes it. Have you ever heard the saying, “you have to fake it to make it?” Well, totally true. Now, I’m not saying to pretend to be someone completely different (don’t judge me! I was just a student a few months ago) but in order to advance in your career and in life, you must step out of your comfort zone and stretch your perceived abilities to limits that you don’t yet know you possess. Who knows, you may just discover that you can do much more than you thought. Whether you know it or not, everyone is doing it. A huge recurring lesson to me is when I realize that directors, manager, CEOs, etc. are all doing it and/or have done it.
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And second, follow your heart. Follow your passions, follow your intuition, your dreams, desires… As corny and overused as it sounds, it rarely ever happens. Think about it. When is the last time you made a major decision because you felt it was right? We usually let our head, common sense and “reality” weigh us down and prevent us from living the life we want to live as opposed to a comfortable life we know we can live. If we begin to follow our hearts (no, that doesn’t mean chasing some boy you met three weeks ago to the ends of the earth because you guys are “in love” and think you’re gonna get married and have lots and lots of babies… not that heart, silly) we will start seeing the world and life in new, refreshing ways. Waking up everyday will no longer be a chore but a gift because we will be living our lives according to our plans. If this is the only shot we get at life and if life is so short, why waste it?
“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” -Oprah Winfrey
