I’m a 9.5….and you?
YOU ARE NOT A NUMBER, and neither am I. 😍
Hi, I’m Buffi, and my shoe size is 9 1/2.
How weird does that sound- if someone introduced themselves or identified themselves as a number?
Guess what? You are not a number. I call that ‘reductive thinking’, reducing who you are to a mere number.
People do that without even realizing it. They say, ‘I’m 70 kilos.’
You’re not. You’re a human being.
Or they say, ‘I’m a million-dollar coach.’
Not me. I choose not to identify myself by my weight, by my age, by my size, or what’s in my bank account. I see so many coaches online calling themselves ‘a million-dollar coach’. That means they choose to present themselves and identify themselves based on what’s in their bank account. Not based on the people they help, not on the lives they’ve changed, or the people they’re serving. So please choose carefully when it comes to coaches who choose to identify themselves according to how much money they’ve earned. (And yes, the first time I hit that ‘magic’ financial number, I was proud. I took a moment of deep gratitude, raised a cup of coffee alone to myself, and then I got back to coaching.)
My friend, remember this – you are not your kilos. You are not your size. You are not your weight. You are not your salary. You are a beautiful human being navigating the twists and turns of life. And believe me, all of those numbers are going to go up and all of those numbers are going to go down.
But not your age. That keeps going up. And up. If you’re lucky. I hope mine goes up for a very, very long time.
The next time you catch yourself identifying yourself as a number – reframe it.
Because you are so much more than that.
Love,
Buffi
