Stories. Inspirational stories. Motivational stories. Stories of triumph and stories of achievement. They are everywhere. With social media, it’s hard to go one day without reading one or seeing a video of one. There are so many amazing people out there overcoming truly outstanding obstacles. These stories make us cry, laugh, have hope and make us proud. We watch them and think, “if they can overcome that, I can certainly overcome what I am dealing with.” These stories are phenomenal and I love seeing them but SOMETIMES, we allow them to get in our way.

How can a story meant to inspire get in our way? Because we forget about OUR OWN story. We all have our own achievements and our own aspirations. But sometimes we hear other stories and deem our own personal story somehow not good enough or not worth telling. We think it’s nothing to be proud of. We start either don’t ever talk about our achievements (even to ourselves) or we deem them somehow not good enough yet. We start comparing our story to others and almost always convince ourselves that our story doesn’t match up.

One example that we see a lot is we often ask current clients to share their story through a testimonial. Although we get a lot of yes’s, we get way more no’s. And usually the reason is people don’t think they are ready to have a testimonial or that their results aren’t good enough yet. I’m not calling ANYBODY out in any way. I get that sharing your story is very personal and we sometimes just don’t want to share with the world. But what kills me about the NO’s we get? Their story is perfect. It’s their story. It’s unique, it’s powerful and there is no doubt in my mind that it would inspire at least one other person. A single mom may think the 10 pounds she lost in 6 months isn’t good enough a story because there are people that lose that in a month. But to a other single mother with three children who can’t even fathom losing 1 pound with her hectic schedule, that’s the story she needs to hear.

So TELL YOUR STORY! It’s a great one. It’s how YOU live. It’s how YOU thrive. It’s how YOU accomplish. Your story IS good enough. It IS powerful enough. It’s who YOU are. Let others see that and you may be surprised by not only how free you feel but how many others you INSPIRE!

If you are ready to tell YOUR story, comment below with something you are proud of no matter how big or small!