What’s On Your Billboard?

This week I was asked “What does your billboard say?” Sort of a weird opener, but what was meant was; what are you bringing? What do your actions say? What is it that you offer a conversation, project, visit or workspace?  There is the adage that we reap what we sow, but often we do not check on what we are planting. This speaker was asking that we check in with what we are bringing to every space that we are in, are we complaining, focusing on the negative, are we tired, out of energy, low on enthusiasm, is that starting to affect others?  Or perhaps we can check in and find that we are looking at what is great more than what isn’t, what is strong more than what is wrong and that our billboard is really sending a message that we are open for business, willing to work, ready to create and lift others up.  Important to note that none of us can be positive all the time, and its in these times that others could offer up the seeds of support needed to pull us all through. What’s on your billboard?  I think just the act of checking in with what we are presenting to others will make us more mindful of the emotional trail we are leaving behind us everywhere we go.  Check in with what matters to you, your core values and make sure the neon lights of your interactions hold true and that your billboard is the you that you want others to believe in.