Hey, Amy here.
Someone on our mastermind the other night was asking if they
should create a separate Facebook profile in order to share their business, because they didn't want their family and friends to see what they were doing or what they were promoting.
This is a question that kind of breaks my heart when I hear it... because it often means that the person has some sort of shame about what they are doing.
Otherwise, why would they want to hide it from their friends and family?
I believe that we all came here to walk a unique path, to make a difference, to share from our hearts with each other, and to leave a legacy.
And I don't think we can make the difference we came here to make if we don't share ourselves fully.
How can I make the difference I'm here to make if I'm keeping what I came here to share from certain people... just because they are
friends or family members?
Why would I exclude them from my message if what I'm sharing has the ability to help people?
So, for example, I'm a freedom crusader. I'm here to create freedom for myself and to
help others to do the same.
I'm here to help ALL others do the same, not just strangers.
I'm here to be the change I wish to see in the world, not to just be the change to some of the world on a hidden social media profile.
On the other hand, I just recorded a
podcast episode that I'm about to publish about my sobriety journey and some of my thoughts and experiences along that journey.
So, if I had 2 profiles, which one would I post that on?
The one just for family and friends because it's not all about business?
This is me. This is who I am. This experience I've had with addiction and sobriety is what makes me who I am.
These types of experiences are what I'm here to share while I'm on this earth because it might help someone.
And I don't want to exclude anyone who this message might help.
Even for our business audiences, we don't need to just be all business all the time.
We are people, with families,
and hobbies, and interests and passions.
These are the things that make us relatable to others.
If we only share these things with our family and friends, we are depriving the rest of the world or even our potential audiences from getting to know us and from being able to relate to us.
So.. if you are holding back... why?
What is it about what you are doing that you feel you have to hide? Or that you're not proud of?
For example, if you are helping
others to create freedom in their lives, is it that you're worried about what the people who don't think freedom is possible will think?
Or, are you actually COMMITTED to being free and showing others that it IS possible... even if they are a friend or family member?
If you have a message that you are here to share - a purpose - a path - is it really only for some people and not others?
Is your legacy for some people and not others?
When I think of some of the people that come to mind who have left great legacies... and who are leaving great legacies...
...I know many of them weren't around during the time of social media and they didn't have a social media profile.
But when I imagine if they were, I think
to myself, would they have separate profiles with different messages on them?
Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Oprah, Steve Jobs...
I doubt it.
So if you feel like you need to portray yourself in different ways for different people, why is this?
This is your legacy, no one else's.
Anyway, just some food for thought.
And If you aren't comfortable sharing what you're up to and feel like you need to hide it, my suggestion is one of two things.
Either:
1- Shift gears and find something that suits you better- something you can be proud of (and this is fine by the way- there's no shame in doing this- it's better to be doing something that's in alignment with your soul's purpose), or
2- Work on your belief about what you are doing to get to a place where you don't feel like you have to hide it from
anybody.
