Building a business…while black…
Writing…while black…
Driving…while black…
Tweeting…while black…
Parenting…while black…
Doing physics…while black…
Banking…while black…
Teaching…while black…
All of these are stories about identity. The problem is, where the emphasis is in my story may not match where the emphasis is in your story, for me.
And since I get to define my story (and then you get to decide if you believe that story or not) where I put the emphasis matters more than where the emphasis is placed for me.
Stories are powerful and they aren’t true or false, they are just real. And when where I place my emphasis, creates friction when it rubs up against where you place your emphasis on my story, then conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings become par for the course. And should come as no surprise.
Yet, somehow, you are constantly surprised by where I place the emphasis in my story.
