What Percentage Of Advisors Show Their Authentic Self? - Leading Advisor

Marketing is said to be the process of elimination.

Blogging and social media can be a great way for you to show your authentic self on both your business and personal side to clients and prospects alike.

I work with clients to become more authentic and one of the benefits is they will create the inner strength to show up on social media versus hiding in fear on the sidelines.

Here is a great definition of authentic self from Emotional Competency.

Stop faking it and live the life you were born to fulfill. Rediscover your core values and return to your authentic self. Regain the passion, excitement, and confidence locked inside. Get real and leave the old phony behind.

Definitions

Authentic: Genuine; literally self-authored or endorsed.
Self: Your physical and mental being with all its human and unique characteristics.
Authentic Self: The true you; aligned and congruent self image, stature, values, beliefs, goals, behaviour, word, and public image.

Becoming Authentic

To become your authentic self begin by knowing yourself. Understand: human nature, what you can change and what you cannot, your own personality traits, learned behaviours, and your values, beliefs, sense of justice, needs, goals, and motives. For more on this definition go to Emotional Competency.

Blogging and social media will give your potential clients and prospects plenty of time in advance to not like you well in advance because if they don’t like what you talk about in your blog and social media, then they will not like you as a client so why not give them plenty of blogging and social media to not like you so that they don’t waste any of your time.

Remember what Dr. Seuss said; “be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind, don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind”.

Feeling really authentic, I thought you might enjoy the following – or not – and I’m over it if you don’t.

All Work & No Play Make Simon & Laura A Dull Boy & Girl

Tuesday’s Blog What Did You Do With Your Summer To Get Ready For September? was written right after we returned to work after a 10 day Staycation and neither one of us was really ready to return to work.

One of the reasons is if you live on the west coast, you would have to agree with me that summer didn’t start until the 3rd week of July with April – July being the cloudiest and rainiest in decades.

Another reason for me is I am adapting my behaviour from that of a decisive multi-tasker to that of focusing Buffer Days on the projects mentioned in What Did You Do With Your Summer To Get Ready For September? and drilling down deep to think through all of the project details, prioritizing them and then crossing the T’s and doting the I’s to completion … and this takes a ton of energy with little short term reward … the long term rewards will show up this fall and into 2012.

So to take the edge off, gain some inspiration and find my voice I’m taking this opportunity to share some of our experiences through pictures from our Staycation from July 22nd – August 1st.

While on Staycation, Laura and I went to a Yoga Retreat on Salt Spring Island, went to Pam & Dave’s ( our BVI sailing mates ) Annual BBQ, had a great visit with Laura’s Mom Helen and went to Blue Fish Red Fish, Bon Rouge, Mole while in Victoria, BC, had Dave & Cheryl over for dinner ( more BVI sailing mates ), took Shadow out for a number of great runs on the beach in Craig Bay where we live and went for a Kayak around Mistaken Island with Adventuress Kayaking.

With all of this activity, Laura and I were pleased to reflect that we either cycled, kayaked or did yoga from anywhere from 1 – 4 hours a day, 8 days out of the 10 days while on Staycation.

Salt Spring Island