04/15/2026
We humans are silly creatures
And I’m no exception!
3:30 AM-BNA airport…
I got Global entry specifically for this Costa Rica Trip. I paid for it. I drove to Chattanooga to interview for it.
I was honestly waaaaaay early and the TSA lines hadn’t even opened yet. There were 2 people on the regular security line and nobody in the TSA precheck line.
Instead of being seen waiting alone in the Precheck line-I chose to stand near other humans who definitely didn’t look interested in being social, rather than waiting for the benefit I had put effort into securing.
I’m still trying to figure out why…
Maybe I had a quick, unconscious reluctance to feeling (and looking) isolated, maybe I was afraid of the judgment I thought I would receive-after all, with how early I was, it’s not like precheck was going to save me any time…
Nevertheless, it’s an advantage…that I chose not to use.
How often do we do this? We know what we’re good at, what we have to offer, and what advantages we have (mindset, resources, charisma, and yes, sometimes even looks!) and yet we minimize them for fear of being seen as separating ourselves from the flock.
But each of us has a unique advantage! Even if it’s an advantage that you *had* to develop out of necessity (lookin’ at you scrappy solopreneurs!) don’t minimize your advantages, use them! Unabashedly! Unapologetically!
The world needs you to play to your strengths to you can make an impact-blending in with the tribe robs the world of your greatness.
Period.
Period at the end of that period.
See you in a week! 😘✨🛫🌊
