43. Showcasing your community online with Flaunt Your Fire
India and Erica get philosophical today. They discuss how to (or if you should) be your authentic self, even though it might trigger others. For instance, if you broadcast your dieting progress or your six-pack or your morning meditation regimen, might others might feel insecure or like they don’t measure up? These are pertinent questions for any business owner or influencer.
In their discussion, they conclude that making assumptions limits your ability to connect with others. They also reason that challenges are challenges, no matter what realm those challenges fall. Whether you’re a high-performing athlete or a successful business owner, the two groups, though they seem very different, actually have similar hurdles to jump and can learn from one another.
[0:08:03] You have to simply do what you do because you can’t please everybody.
[0:15:49] When you look under the hood, athletes and business owners have the same struggles and challenges
Don’t make assumptions about others based on the way they look or the choices they make. Such assumptions limit you.
WHAT’S ONE ACTION YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE DISCUSSION?
[0:25:57] Take notice when you swipe away from content. Ask yourself if you were done consuming, or if there is something about the content that triggered you. Dig deep and ask questions.
QUOTES
“I don’t think that anyone should be in a place that they have to minimize their accolades because it makes other people feel lesser than. That’s more of a conversation around why does someone feel lesser than because of someone else’s achievements. To me, it speaks to a bigger societal issue.” - Erica
“You don’t want to be in a place where you’re making your people feel uncomfortable about themselves. Even though I know that’s not necessarily our site, I’m mindful that it can bring up stuff.” - India
“I was advised…it might be frowned upon that this athlete community and this business community are so different that they won’t be able to relate. I’m going to completely disagree with that. High-performing athletes and high-performing business owners have a lot in common. They just don’t know it.” - India
“We’re literally making people connect their people through what matters to them versus ‘well, this audience isn’t going to want to talk to that audience…’ Nothing could be farther from the truth because they have more in common if you actually get down to what makes them who they are.” - Erica
“It is important to break the stereotype of what a business owner does and/or looks like and what a competitor does and/or looks like.” - Erica
“It’s not okay to assume what anybody’s reality is….You can’t decide to write somebody’s story without knowing anything about the cast of characters.”