How to Be Awesome in Three Easy Steps

Many ask themselves how they might improve their image.  Whether it is better to be stuck in the sisyphean rut of being less awesome than your peers, or overwhelm those around you with your brilliant rays of awesomeness.  How does one achieve this kind of awesomeness?  Is everyone capable of being as amazing as Mrs. Sorenson?

The answer to this age-old quandary:  an astounding YES!  This blog post will lay out for you three easy steps to achieve such awesomeness.

1.  When I was a kid, I was raised to not judge and respect everyone.  My mother was an immigrant and came to this country without anything.  She couldn't speak English, she had no money, and she didn't have an education that was useful in America.  Looking at her, you would never know that she speaks five languages, she studied law, and can construct anything out of wood and saws. Everyone has a story.  If we prematurely judge them, we miss out on the potential opportunity to grow as a human being.  We also miss a major mark of being that person that everyone admires.  People seem to gravitate towards those who demonstrate patience and respect for others versus those who judge and demean.

2.  As a teen, I learned that acquiring knowledge helped keep me from awkward situations.  This knowledge wasn't just knowledge from books.  Sometimes, it was knowledge about a person, or how to navigate a situation.  The more things I knew, the less mistakes I made.  Another benefit to being knowledgeable is that I was able to have more interesting conversations with more people.  People like those who know what they are talking about.  More importantly, people like people who are willing to admit when they are wrong, which leads me to number three.

3.  As an adult, I figured out that it is okay to be human.  It is okay to not know, and it is okay to make mistakes.  Furthermore, those who are overly focused on your mistakes are really trying to distract from their own flaws.  People like people who are comfortable in their own skin.

These are three things I learned in my life.  I continue to learn, and I look forward to many more lessons in life.  We never stop learning, and as Journey has told us, "Don't stop believing."