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Bring it On
The Superpower Project Bring It On
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When someone champions us, we feel seen, heard, and appreciated. Those are the moments to bask in and be grateful for the nod. But what if those celebration moments are few and far between? Do we just wait for someone else to applaud us? Receiving praise is great but we put too much importance on outside accolades rather than the internal awards. It is safe to celebrate ourselves. The Superpower Project is about highlighting various challenges or “kryptonites” facing people and helping us neutralize their effect on us. A deadly kyrptonite facing us these days is we link ego with esteem. To acknowledge and admire one’s own achievements isn’t egotistical. It is the epitome of empowerment. When coming from a genuine heart place of good pride, we demonstrate self-love, self-respect, joy, and feelings of accomplishment. Bad pride is when it comes from a place of lack and needs to boast to fill the void. We can all spot unhealthy pride from a mile away. It has a distinct tone that signals a lack of confidence and self-worth. But the person who is grounded in healthy pride approaches selfcelebration with honour and sweet humility. We all have belief systems and feelings surrounding self-promotion. What does being your own cheerleader look like for you? I think we do well when it’s situations that involve weight loss, academic graduations, passing tests, and finishing physical fitness races. But what about when someone starts a business, disarms their trauma responses, discovers their passions, creates mental wellness, writes a book, or achieves a personal goal? Do we have the same attitude around the congratulations? Do we hail those achievements on the same level? Do we dare to toot our own horn? We live in a world where we are quick to point out our flaws, missteps, and fails but slow to celebrate our wins. We label it arrogant or cocky. How can we say we love ourselves if we don’t fully show it? Does the external validation really carry more weight or are we seeking acceptance and validation in all the wrong places? We must be our own campaigner. We must find safety in the salute and be our biggest cheerleaders. I own a consulting business that primarily deals with branding, marketing, copywriting, and human rights advocacy. I was teaching a class and spoke about the marketing potential of award nominations. It’s a powerful tool to promote what we’re doing and leverage the credibility a nomination brings. I also talked about capitalizing on nominating yourself. This seems to be a taboo subject amongst businesses, but I promise you, every company is doing it under the radar. If someone doesn’t nominate you does that make your work any less worthy? No! Own your efforts, achievements, and progress by saying I am deserving of this award and nominate yourself. But one client opposed this position. They said it was unethical to nominate yourself and by doing this it somehow makes it fake. I was fascinated by their perspective on self-nominating. This brings me back to the question, is it ego to promote yourself and your business? I don’t think so, but I’m a publicist by trade. I was trained to remove ego from it and attack PR as merely getting the message out as best and fierce as I can.
Marketing, promoting, elevating, and awards are the lifeblood of an organization. Every good business should win some sort of award, but it takes the healthy pride, effort, epic nomination package, and risk to attain it. It’s a proactive approach with a go-getter attitude. Let’s compare nominating yourself to applying for a job. Is there any difference?
Your cover letter and resume are a perfectly wrapped presentation of yourself which highlights all your education, experience, and achievements. You are throwing your name into the ring. Is it bad pride to apply for a job you think you’d be good at? Of course not. Well, neither is nominating yourself for an award. You aren’t gaining any advantage. You aren’t cheating the system. It doesn’t devalue your nomination. You literally just verbalize you are worthy and want to be considered with the other impressive contenders.
In all honesty, out of the three awards I’ve won, I nominated myself for two of them. For most of my life I focused only on my flaws and never my strengths. I criticized myself in my head and in the mirror. Now I choose to be the cheerleader instead of the critic. I endorse healthy pride and unleash my praise daily. When I come down on meds even if it’s just by 1 mg, I give myself kudos. When I heal hurts and inject love, I pat myself on the back. I say loud and proud, “Well done Blaise.” When I choose to hold space for my daughter and not overreact, I celebrate a mom win. When I push through my fears of difficult conversations and voice my feelings, I honour the bravery. .
Be Aggressive B-E B-E Aggressive! B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E Be Be Aggressive!
When I accomplish something with my work, I give myself a shout out on social media. I take great pride in my resiliency, relentlessness, and resolute heart. I give permission to empower myself and promote my wins. This is healthy
This is what self-esteem, self-worth, and self-confidence look like in a nourishing way. When we can champion our triumphs and learn from our losses, we own our very existence. I want to encourage everyone to commend the successes. Stop viewing judgment and criticism as normal and selfpromotion as conceit. Allow yourself to feel happiness about where you are and where you came from. Showcase your wins with self-assurance and assertiveness. Sing your praises. Shout it from the rooftops and promote the victories in your personal and professional life. Whether you win the award or not, your healthy pride prevails. Be a courageous cheerleader. Pump yourself up and say Bring It On! For more information about the Heroine Movement visit www.blaisehunter.com
Do you ever tell yourself you’re AMAZING?”
Be Aggressive B-E B-E Aggressive! B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E Be Be Aggressive!
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