Has the "need to be me" movement gone a little far?

Let me explain.

Reading How Women Rise, they have a full section on this topic of the excessive need to be me.

There’s been a recent emphasis on authenticity in the workplace. Authenticity is great but we’ve turned it into indulging your faults or proclaiming your shortcomings as if trying to change your behaviour would somehow be a betrayal of the real you.

“I’m just not a positive person”

“I’m just not expressive”

“I’m just not a listener”

“I’m just not the self promotional type”

But if you know a behaviour isn’t working for you and you persist on doing it anyway, that’s not being authentic, it’s being stubborn, lazy, and closed off to growth and evolution as a person.

“Whenever you hear yourself proclaiming something that is just not you, you might want to question your motivation. An excessive devotion to a particular self-image can be a rationale for remaining stuck. This type of rationale will get in your way as you seek to rise.” — How Women Rise

So next time we observe a less than admirable quality or behaviour about ourselves, let’s not just blame it on who we are, but let’s seek to grow and rise and better ourselves.

XOXO

ASH