Lida Citroën //March 15, 2012//
At the time of this writing, several of my good friends and clients are going through cancer treatment. The stress and trauma of the medical procedures are overwhelming at times. What I also hear from them is, “I don’t want cancer to now define me.”
The choice to let something like cancer, divorce, job loss or abuse define someone is a very personal one. We all know people who talk about their illness, situation or issue and use the event to create a reputation for themselves. Some use their illness or event to be able to help others, while some seem to define their legacy by what happened.
Wherever we are in our journey toward building a powerful personal brand and managing our reputation, here are some things to consider:
Embracing the wholeness of your identity and legacy gives you control and power over change, conflict and trauma. Those events can define you or not. If you rise through and above the event to illustrate how your values, beliefs and actions define you, then you hold the power, not the cancer.