Your experiences shape you.
The really good boss you worked for once.
Or even that really bad boss.
You learned from them both.
The situations you have exposed yourself to.
Whether intentionally or not.
The environments you have moved through.
Where you were born.
Where you have travelled.
These influences can be profound.
Your relationships and friends.
Fleeting interactions that left their mark.
The risks and dangers.
The achievements and successes.
The challenges and failures.
Personal or shared.
All have left an impression.
These experiences are what has made you … well, you!
How do you next want to shape yourself?
The post often closes with a quote, something usually connecting or linking the words and illustration. Narrowing down to just one was somewhat difficult … so I didn’t.
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs
“Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.” – Buddha
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” – Paulo Coelho
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” – Soren Kierkegaard