Five Things You Can Do To Be Yourself

Jesus Dulay

October 22, 2013

Block 3

Five Things You Can Do To Be Yourself

1. Non-Conformity. Are you different from everyone else? If you are that means you are unique. It’s great to be who you want to be because you are special. Non-Conformity is being different but usually when you think of it it’s bad but in this situation different is great. How do you do it? You first have to know who you are on the inside not the outside. Like if you're cursing up a storm with your friends and when you're with family and you’re quite that shows that you just do it for your friends (

Guillebeau).

2. Challenge Acceptance. Only few can be who they really are but it takes a strong one to start being themselves once they have been someone else. Try being yourself for a day you will see the difference and you’ll feel great doing it. Once you accept it then that means you finally realized it and you're becoming mature. If you do decide to try it comment the experience below and become a helper instead of a watcher (Wright).

3. Journey. Who are you? Is a question you need to ask yourself. Getting to know yourself is not easy but accomplishable. To be yourself is really about dropping the fake act you put on and show who you are for example if you love technology you show it off and you’re not worrying about what other people are thinking or saying (

people skills decoded).

4. Don’t Follow Others. If you are one of those people that does what’s in then you are conformity. You do what other people are doing. You have to follow yourself and not do what your friends are doing. I’m pretty sure everyone has heard “So, if your friends jump off a bridge you’ll do it too?” Same goes here you have to do what your mind wants to do not what everyone else is doing it.

5. Benefits. Most likely success is going to come out of this because if you’re one of those people that try to be funny in class and mess around you are on the side that’s not doing good. If you switch this around I bet you can be an A student because you're not trying to please anyone. You feel better and think better when you are an nonconformist you think more free and you feel like you are on top because you’re happy (Guise).

Work Cited

Eduard. "How To Be Yourself." Web log post.Http://www.peopleskillsdecoded.com/how-to-be-yourself/. 22 Oct. 2013 <http://www.peopleskillsdecoded.com/how-to-be-yourself/>

Guillebeau, Chris. "How To Be Yourself." Http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/how-to-be-yourself/. 13 Jan. 2011. 22 Oct. 2013 <http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/how-to-be-yourself/>

Wright, Karen. "Dare To Be Yourself." Web log post.Http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200804/dare-be-yourself. May-June 2008. 22 Oct. 2013 <http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200804/dare-be-yourself>