Day 161 - ​Positioning Statement

​POSITIONING STATEMENT 
 
I had a mentoring call
with an author in New York yesterday
from my rural base in the UK.
 
‘How are you today?’ she asked.
‘I’m brilliant!’ I responded.
She looked at me quizzically.
 
After a pause, she said ‘Here in the US
that means you’re like Einstein,
a genius, incredibly clever?’
 
I laughed.
‘No, I just meant I am in really good form.’
And we arrived on the same page.
 
I learned about her work,
empowering those who felt inadequate
 and the millions of people she had helped.
 
At the end of the call, she said ‘Thanks!’
I smiled and said, ‘You are brilliant!’
And we laughed.
 
How are you today?

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
1.  What do you say when others ask, ‘How are you today?’
2.  How often do you tell others that they are brilliant? ​

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