It should go without saying that when we mean what we say and when we mean what we do, it shines through and shows. Sincerity is key to the relationships we have from work to friends, lovers to family and most importantly the relationship we have with ourselves.
If you can sit down and have a sincere conversation with yourself, if you can be honest to you, including who you are, what you want and why, then you are already ahead of the game!
There was an article I once read that included a statement along these lines: “if you can fake sincerity then you have it made.” Never, has there been a sillier sentence! (Well maybe there has, but this is right up there with them).
There is a powerful essence and certain energy to sincerity that CANNOT be faked, mark my words. “Bullshit (please don’t pardon my French) eventually catches up with you”… if you are pretending to be real (aka sincere, genuine, honest) in any element of your life, your insincerity will eventually be exposed and come at a cost to you.
In this instance, although I speak of all areas of life, I write this with a focus on the sincerity within our work. This involves knowing why we work and also why we do the work that we do. How great can you really be at something that you dislike or do insincerely?
You will have your own answers to these questions but after reflecting on them myself, I will give you mine –
Why do I work: Yes, of course to earn $$ to live, but I also work to share my potential with the world, for a sense of self, and to help others. Not the fluffy kind of “I love to help people” but that genuine humanitarian need that was built into who it is I am.
I guess that answered question two as well 😊
Can I be great at something I dislike or insincerely do? Perhaps, for a time. But my view on this is that eventually it catches up with us. If I am not doing what makes my soul sing then I will eventually feel the brunt of the truth by hating my job, and that means hating 5 days out of 7 every week, and never reaching my full potential. Because, you cannot possibly sustain motivation within something that you simply don’t enjoy.
In conclusion, insincerity is an injustice to yourself and to others.
The saying goes that “you can’t love until you learn to love yourself.” This also rings true for sincerity. One cannot be sincere about anything or to anyone until they get real with themselves.
When you work with people in any form of service to others you will inevitably thrive when you chug along the tracks of being real and coming from the energy of your heart, head and soul. Coming from just one of those ailments is kind of like trying to cook while missing some vital ingredients, it will never be as delicious as it could be, and sometimes it may not even be edible at all. Once you can find your feet with all 3 then you will radiate like the sun in all that you do. You will give warmth to those you connect with and you will hold a sense of self and a knowing of the self that insincerity instantly misplaces. If you want success measure it by your level of sincerity. That will indeed give you an accurate reading
