I love this quote from Maria Shriver from 2007, addressing the audience at California’s annual Women’s Conference:
“As long as I was trying to anticipate what you wanted from me, as long as I was trying to fulfill other people’s expectations, I was in a losing game, a game that I’d been playing since I was a kid. That’s what I want to focus on this morning … letting go of other people’s expectations of you so you can own your own life, write your own story and live your own legacy.”
Has Maria read my website? Has she peeked into my journal and my coaching marketing materials? No. Maria Shriver has no idea who I am. But I feel as if she is a kindred spirit, and I applaud her for letting down the facade and showing the world who she really is. You can see highlights from Shriver’s recent appearance on Oprah by clicking here.
The tagline for my coaching company, Angie Mizzell Life Design, is write your own story. define your own success. Maria Shriver’s quote embodies the essence of that phrase.
We are all works in progress. Each day is a new opportunity to write our own stories.
Until next time,
Angie
Thanks Angie. I found this post very inspiring. It’s so true that following other people’s expectations can never be an adequate substitution for listening to our authentic self, our genuine purpose. Thanks for the reminder!