Each week I want to share a successful women's story on this platform. Last week Vanessa Richards inspired us with her brave story of her ability to succeed in spite of some painful obstacles. If you are a successful women who wants to share her story email me at jodeekenney@gmail.com
Today Erin Musto talks about being a successful Type B. I asked her to talk about this because I think there is a misconception that you have to be a certain type of person to be "successful". Well, we both agree that's a complete falsehood. Owning who you are is so important to being a success. We are all unique and have greatness within. Erin Musto is such a beautiful inspiration.
I have to admit sometimes it is difficult for my brain to wrap itself around that fact that others are different to the core. I walk into a room often times I forget that not everyone is a solid Type B. When given the question of ‘big deal or little deal’ I am pretty much always a ‘little deal’ kind of person. My perception of ‘big deal’ pretty much warrants a trip to the ER for something serious. My life is littered with lots of ‘little deals’… my car needs tires, I sprained my ankle again, my daughter needs stitches or I spill my seltzer on my laptop. My brain reminds me that all are fixable… ‘little deal’.
Only in recent years have I stopped to really ponder and appreciate all the different personality types- the ranges that people fit into. I used to wander around thinking everyone was just.like.me. Thank goodness, we are not all just alike. The types of people that we are, the types of personalities we each have help draw us to what we are meant to do. I will assure you- God did not make me to build bridges or engineer intricate systems. He knew that who I would become would have a very different role in this world… and it would be far from anything that needed ultimate precision or even level shelving. I am pretty darn grateful for the lover of accuracy, the one who are patient enough for precise… the builders of safe and sturdy bridges.
I love being a bold and honest Type B person. I might as well be accountable and proud of what I am building and what has been built in me. I know that my personality makes it possible for me to embrace vulnerability, share openly and connect to people. I think I was created to be a connector, to meet people and hear their story and connect them to another who fits into their journey.
It was a powerful time for me when I started to see and understand the differences in personalities. It is amazing when we all work together to create and build. Maddie’s Mark and all of the work I have done through this community has shown me how strong and positive melding personalities can be. How we each need one another to do big things… working together to really assess when things are a ‘big deal or little deal’. Recognizing and celebrating my part in all of this with my strong solid Type B right alongside others who organize trips and use tabs… those who keep paperwork and receipts neatly for the future… those who push me to pay attention to details. I love how we all work together with all of our differences…
Being a self-proclaimed strong and solid Type B has some challenges. I have so many nail holes hidden under my picture frames. I like things in sets not pairs. I never follow recipes- so when it is wicked tasty I can never know what exactly made it that way. I travel with a backup plan of stopping at Target if we forget something. I am always the one at the post office borrowing Priority Mail tape to close a package. I always swear someday I will be one of those people who prepackages their boxes and just carries them in, ready to be shipped. I long to be a good packer… someday I will fold compact and neatly. I wish to be the person who doesn’t lose their coat every.single.place.they.go.
I will someday be a version of me that takes extreme pride in a perfectly mowed lawn…
I will someday be a version of me that takes extreme pride in a perfectly mowed lawn…
Or maybe the gift is that I see all of the above and I just continue being this me and loving me just the way I am.
Successfully living as a strong and solid Type B, or wishy washy Type A or extreme Type A, is embracing our own type and appreciating all the other ones. Love the bits of ourselves that are different than others. Melding our personality types and see the fabric it creates- with VERY neatly woven and completely RANDOM all at the same time. For me, as a Self-Proclaimed Type B, a solid and strong Type B… a bold sharer and a lover of all the vulnerable that makes me broken and healed and happy and messy. I own it, I proclaim it and I work with it. Embracing how we are built and working to build well with others is the key to successfully being any personality type.
