{"id":8399,"date":"2021-05-28T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2021-06-02T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:33:41","slug":"it-takes-a-lot-of-energy-to-be-someone-youre-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/2021\/05\/28\/it-takes-a-lot-of-energy-to-be-someone-youre-not\/","title":{"rendered":"It takes a lot of energy to be someone you&#8217;re not."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8399\" class=\"elementor elementor-8399\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b74af73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b74af73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;curve&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M500,97C126.7,96.3,0.8,19.8,0,0v100l1000,0V1C1000,19.4,873.3,97.8,500,97z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54e6839\" data-id=\"54e6839\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651423a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"651423a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It takes a lot of energy to be someone you're not.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36aa4dc0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"36aa4dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24421813 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24421813\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whew!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32af6abd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32af6abd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61c9856a\" data-id=\"61c9856a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44a50951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44a50951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">When you want to be someone different.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73e5bff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73e5bff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Several years ago, I joined an Enneagram workshop. If you&#8217;re not familiar with the Enneagram, it&#8217;s essentially a personality test. As the workshop began, I did the test, but the results were wrong. I did it again. Still wrong.\u00a0<\/p><p>You see, I wanted to be a #3 &#8211; The Achiever because The Achiever is success-oriented and suited to the corporate world. I had invested over 20 years in the corporate world, so I&#8217;d better be a friggin&#8217; Achiever. I tried to game the test several times, but I could not get it to spit out Achiever.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c645c25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c645c25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e3bdb6a\" data-id=\"4e3bdb6a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67494a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67494a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Gaming the Personality Tests<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a90c114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a90c114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This wasn&#8217;t the first time I tried to game a personality test. I don&#8217;t know how many times I&#8217;ve taken the Myers-Briggs in an attempt to change my INFJ to anything that started with an E. (ie. changing from being an Introvert to an Extrovert).<\/p><p>Can you relate to this? Have you ever been disappointed in the results of a personality test and tried to change them?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1352dc5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1352dc5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b2f6ea0\" data-id=\"6b2f6ea0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13df64bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13df64bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Stress - A definition.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67bdd4ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67bdd4ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As I sat with my devastating Enneagram news, I recalled a definition of stress I&#8217;d recently heard: Stress is the gap between &#8216;what is&#8217; and &#8216;what you want&#8217;.<\/p><p>If all my life, I&#8217;d been trying to be someone I&#8217;m not, it helped explain the constant stress in my life. It also offered a clue to my constant exhaustion.<\/p><p>Still, I did not really accept my &#8220;diagnosis&#8221; for a really long time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5dbddea2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5dbddea2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c1d341f\" data-id=\"1c1d341f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bb2091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69bb2091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It takes a lot of energy to be someone you're not.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf716c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf716c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yet, armed with this information, I started to notice things. For example, meetings were always super stressful for me because I am not good at speaking up in meetings. But, I feel like I should be good at it. Another &#8220;stress-gap&#8221;. I worked very long hours to make up for this gap.\u00a0<\/p><p>In fact, I noticed I spent a lot of time and energy making up for my perceived weaknesses. For me, this led to burn out.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-578d01d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"578d01d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a4ed4f5\" data-id=\"6a4ed4f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f74984c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f74984c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is this you?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71ecd67f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71ecd67f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Are you expending a lot of energy trying to be someone you&#8217;re not? What if you could be who you are? What would that be like? Do you worry that you&#8217;d have to blow up your life to do that?\u00a0<\/p><p>I kind of blew up my life in the quest to be myself and do meaningful work. I&#8217;m here to tell you that you don&#8217;t have to do it the clumsy way I did it. I&#8217;m beginning to think that might be my main message &#8211; You don&#8217;t have to blow up your life to get what you want. You can be authentically\u00a0 you and mindfully make changes that get you on your path.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s something to think about.<\/p><p>P.S. 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