It's Reinvention Time; What is Your Real Name?

The other day, I met somebody new and as I introduced myself, 'Hi, I'm Nike,' I found myself considering, what really is a person's name? 

Jane or Jumi, Tony or Tope, your designation goes well beyond the word on the surface. In fact, long before you open your mouth to speak a word, you are already communicating, already 'naming' yourself. And that is why a person can tell you, I saw this lady, I did not get to speak to her, but I believe she is Smart or Intelligent or Interesting. This may be influenced by but honestly goes way beyond beauty or the clothes you wear. 

Thing is, with every time you meet somebody, just as you are saying I am Titi or Deedee, you are also saying without words, I am Confident, I am Organized, I Got this.

This subtle communication is all too real. Think of this, a person will hardly tell everyone at a new job, my name is Tim and then have all of them call him Jim. So also, it is what you tell us to call you that we will call you. If the communication coming out of you is, My name is Decent or Successful or Exciting or Humble or Smart, it will hardly matter to the people you interact with now who you were yesterday. You can rename and reinvent yourself and the people around you Will follow your lead eventually.

First, acknowledge who you Were. But if you are moving on from there, don't Stay there. So you have become Single Parent or Jobless or Abused. Know where you are coming from so you can confidently say to the person trying to keep you in yesterday, 'Hey, that WAS me then, but Now... I am Fixed, I am Whole, I am Awesome!'

At the end of the day, people will call you what your Person demands to be called when you own it and consistently act as such. No matter what others say about you. No matter what your past is. And that is why it is simply pathetic to see some people communicate with every interaction, Hi, I am Depressed, I am Loser, I am Pathetic, I am Angry, I am Weakling or worst of all, I am Still-Ashamed-of-my-Yesterday-Today.

So, tell us today; What truly is your Name? Or is it Reinvention time...?