Sharing about Sharing

Sharing...the idea seems easy enough when you think about it. Then you start asking yourself:

• What do people want me to share?


• Why do people want to hear about me?


• How am I supposed to frame my sharing?

All my life I was taught about humility and modesty. When you are not accustom to sharing, and I mean really sharing, the humility and modesty that you have been tough comes in to question...

There is a process in learning how to share...and I don't believe that you can master it until you have gone through the steps:

Step 1: start sharing...just go for it

• Picking up the phone to ask a question is hard (what do I ask / will I get in trouble / am I doing it for me or them)


• Writing an email to pass info or talk about myself (will people think I am cocky or wrong?)

Step 2: getting over yourself

• ask and learn - be a sponge - everyone will have advice for you
• take the feedback as info - not a personal attack
• You are going to get challenged - be ready for that

Step 3: don't get discouraged

• the more you talk and share the the better you get at it


• learn from others - let them learn from you - ask questions

Step 4: making it about others (How do I share at a higher level?)

• share not only your experiences, but other people's as well


• transfer your lesions and info through others - make them the focus

Don't stop the flow...