Today I’m not using an article, I’m using a blog post from a man I respect very much…Dan Miller. The post is titled Fake Success?, and it centers on a man who went to his high school reunion pretending to be a Naval Officer…bad news for him, because one of his former classmates IS a Naval Officer, and he got reported to the FBI. Sense it’s a crime to impersonate military personnel, he could spend a year in prison. I bet he wishes he’d gone as himself…a bank teller.
We have all seen this in our own lives, if not to the extent of jail time. Somebody tells a little white lie on their resume to make themselves sound better for the job. People update their statuses to make themselves sound more fabulous and exciting than they really are. They embellish the problems they had on their car ride/plane ride etc. to make you feel sorry for them. Whatever the situation, people like to exaggerate when it comes to who they are and what they do. The sad part is, who we are IS enough for most people, and the people it isn’t enough for are not worth your time! Do you really want to spend your life trying to impress other people with lies, or live your life, whatever it is, without the embellishments?
Do you find yourself inventing things when you share your history with other people? Are there things that you’d like to change about yourself, or are you happy with who you are? If you have things you’d change, have you written them down, and set up a plan to change what you’re not happy with? That would be where I would start! Good luck!
Tags: accountability, Career, job market, Personal responsibility
