Queen of Wands

You are performing confidence in the room, and it is working. It is also costing you, because performing is not the same as having it.

Where are you projecting certainty that you do not feel?

Say I am not sure yet once in a meeting this week.

You are keeping up appearances with money, and the appearance is expensive. Nobody is watching as closely as you think.

What are you paying for that only exists to be seen?

Drop one visible expense this month.

You bring warmth and force, and you are used to being the one people orbit. When you feel unsure, the force gets louder. They can tell.

When did you last let them see you without the shine?

Tell them one thing you are unsure about, tonight, without a joke on it.

You want the decision that makes you look strong. That is a real pull. It may not be the right one.

Which option are you avoiding because it looks like backing down?

Write down what the modest option would cost you in image, and only that.

Your confidence is real when you are aligned. When you are not, you perform it. Today you are performing.

What are you presenting as certainty that is actually a hope?

Say the hope out loud to one person today, as a hope.

You are making the work that looks like you, the recognisable one. The interesting work is the one that does not.

What would you make if it could not be attributed to you?

Make one thing this week that nobody would guess was yours.