Experts in the field of botanical study tell us that there are some 300,000 known species of flowering plants. Yet each flower is so uniquely different.
Or consider the World population which reached 8 billion on November 15th. 2022. Yet we are each uniquely different, we are our OWN BRAND!

There is a secular quote that runs something like this: –
“TO COMPARE YOURSELF WITH SOMEONE ELSE IS TO INSULT YOURSELF”
We have all done it, we look at others we admire them. They seem to be so successful, and we are not. Then we go on this futile path of trying to be someone else; but we are creating a person that is not really us. We try to imitate someone else, but it won’t work. We just need to be ourselves!

When working as a direct sales agent, I felt somewhat intimidated by other agent’s success. Do I need to become slicker? do I need to adopt a high-pressure approach. Definitely not, the key was to be myself. I had a good product to sell, it only required the presentation to be expressed in my own style, not in someone else’s! I needed to see… I WAS MY OWN BRAND!

The Bible tells the story of Gideon, a man chosen by God to defeat the Midianites. He did succeed, but initially he compared himself with others saying he was the weakest in his family and his clan was the weakest in Manasseh. Gideon came to recognise his own potential. Ref. Judges 6:14-15 NIV.

Even in business today there is much talk about the importance of promoting your brand, and reinforcing what people think of your product. Not comparing yourself with the opposition but majoring on your own special strengths.

YOU ARE THE BRAND! and it’s okay to love yourself too! Sometimes we need to forget about the other person and let our own individuality emerge. Like the opening of a flower bud, you are beautifully different to anyone else!

Ref. Flowering Plant-Wikipedia, Worldmeters.info>world-population.