Fiko's Corner

 You heard me right. You don't have to dim your lights for others even if they're intimidated by how brilliantly you shine. Your job is to give yourself the latitude to fully express your own genius and share what you have to offer. Sometimes in showing up fully as who we are, we might irritate the insecurity in others because our liberation might draw attention to how they have been self-censoring and stopping themselves from being truly who they were created to be. As kids, we are taught to minimize who we are because others would find it disruptive and for most people, this conditioning would follow them even into adulthood. Now is the time to cast off those old patterns of thinking and embrace the fullness of who we are. No more hiding. Let us see you shine. If they can't handle the brightness, ask them to get a pair of shades.

Taking the first step can be very hard. I know this because I am a victim of this too. Difficult as it may be, we risk stagnation if we don't develop the courage to take a chance on ourselves and make that first move. Of course, you are going to make mistakes. Your first stab at a new venture will not always go as planned. Things will come up that we didn't account for. These errors along the way will give us an opportunity to be able to adjust course and get ourselves back on the right path.  People are much like airplanes in that when an airplane travels from one point to another, it rarely does so in a straight path. There are obstacles along the way that would knock the aircraft off its course. Luckily, the aircraft has an internal guidance system that monitors progress toward the destination and makes adjustments so that it stays on track and can eventually reach the intended destination. It could be that you are trying to learn a new skill. The path to mastery will not be...