Some of the most popular stories we shackle ourselves with are variations of “I’m not good enough”, “I’m not worthy enough”, “ I don’t belong.”⠀
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There are many stories that we continually tell ourselves, but we can change our stories. ⠀
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In my earlier years, some of the stories I believed were:⠀
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- As a woman of colour, I didn’t belong in the corporate space.⠀
- As a black woman I was not beautiful ⠀
- All leaders were white men (except Martin, Nelson and Malcolm, but still men)⠀
- I didn’t understand money.⠀
- I was not a businesswoman.⠀
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Some of these stories I was also told by other people and society at large, but I ultimately had to become responsible for the stories I told myself. ⠀
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Through personal growth (owning my limiting stories) through reading (learning how others changed their stories) and listening (to new ways of being in the world) I began to change.⠀
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I changed my stories and this has changed my life in ways I could never have imagined.⠀
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By committing to growth and taking consistent uncomfortable action you can change your stories too.⠀
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So I ask you, what stories do you want to write?⠀
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- Kemi x
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