113: How to be Kind Without Being Viewed as Weak or Naive

The Marie Forleo Podcast

Marie Forleo

Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Can you be super-positive -- especially in a cutthroat business -- without coming off as weak or naive? Here’s how to use that trait as a strength. The future of business belongs to the kind, the enthusiastic, the optimistic. @MarieForleo

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0:00.0	What's up party people? I'm Marie Forlejo and for the last 20 years I've helped
0:06.5	millions of people transform their businesses and lives. If you're ready to make the
0:11.2	difference you were born to make, get ready because this is the
0:15.1	Marie Forleo Podcast.
0:18.7	Today's Q and a Tuesday.
0:20.2	That means Q's and A's.
0:22.0	Today's question comes from Ginny and she writes,
0:24.6	Hi Marie, I'm a newly named female CEO of a tech startup.
0:28.6	I'm so excited and really feel like I'm qualified for the role and will bring a lot to the table.
0:33.8	That said, I'm a kind and positive person.
0:36.1	Actually, positivity is one of my five Gallup Strengths binders strengths.
0:41.1	I love this about myself, but I've experienced these two traits being viewed as weaknesses.
0:47.0	I think people equate positivity with being naive.
0:50.0	I've tried suppressing these areas of my personality in the past to be taken more seriously
0:55.3	but it doesn't feel genuine or healthy. Walking into the male-dominated cutthroat-tech world,
1:01.5	I suspect these traits will again be seen as liabilities.
1:05.3	But I know I need to be me in order to give my best.
1:07.9	You have any suggestions to help me with this stitch.
1:10.9	Thanks, Ginny. What you have is a rare and precious gift Jenny.
1:15.7	Positiveivity is a powerful strength. It's what makes you come alive so you need to
1:20.4	really listen to me here. Suppressing who you are is not an option. Do not ever
1:25.8	suppress any part of who you are to fit into the tech world, the business world, or any other
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