A chessboard full of vibrant colours

Call it keeping your personal life and professional life separate. Call it integrity. Or call it suppressing part of your personality just because you are afraid of showing the whole of you.

May be because of perceived expectations of how you should behave in a certain role, may be because of fear of not being accepted for who you are. Whatever the reason is, and most of the time our participants left the question unanswered, it is not sustainable in the longrun. It drains you from energy, it holds you back and stops you from developing as a person.

I think one of the best metaphors came from the participant who painted a chessboard to describe what he stands for, his values and his life. And then he added the comment "If I could paint the back of my painting it would be full of vibrant colours." My question was how to integrate the vibrant colours in the chessboard, on the front of the painting. He wasn't sure.

When in life do we decide to leave part of our personality hidden? What drives the fear of really being who you are at all times? Interesting discussion that will continue no doubt in module 2.