Blank Space

No one likes blank space.

If there is an empty wall, something will get hung there. If there is a table-top with nothing on it, something will get placed on it.
Blank space is loud and disruptive, and the only way to quiet the noise is to fill it with something.

While this is true in room decor, it is also true in regards to the lives of people we spend time with, both personally and professionally.

You see a POINT A. You see a POINT C. You naturally want to find POINT B. If you can’t, you will make your best assumption as to what POINT B is in order to silence the noise and questions in your head.

If you are a leader in a business, people are going to make lots of assumptions about you and your life. It is something that you have to accept and fight off getting distracted by. The moment you give in to correct, explain, or clarify false assumptions and wild narratives that have been circulated, you are breaking away from your mission and away from the strengths that you have developed to be your guide.

Don’t let yourself be led by the weaknesses of others.

Let them talk.

The ones who truly care about you will come to you for the real story because it’s the right thing to do.
The ones who just want the thrill of writing their own story about you will always be writing. You don’t owe them any explanation for the blank spaces in your story.