Trevor Johnson is a Human Resources professional and a Strengths Strategy Certified Coach. Trevor is passionate about Gallup's StrengthsFinder and uses it to facilitate personal transformation through one-on-one coaching and team-building workshops.
I've been working in the nonprofit sector for all of six weeks now and I've been fighting an interesting mentality that I'll call the martyr mentality. It's this idea that, because the people I'm serving have greater needs and are in circumstances far worse than mine, I must sacrifice everything to help them - my time, my energy, and even my money. It turns out there's a lot more being sacrificed, including the quality of service being provided.
Read MoreI started coming out to family and close friends just over a year ago. Seven months later I decided to come out publicly through my blog. Both were equally terrifying, vulnerable, and rewarding. The growth I've experienced since coming out has been overwhelming and at times painful. Among the many, many things I've learned from coming out, I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on two of them: patience and love.
About two years ago I came out over the phone to a gay friend of mine whom I had met while living in Tulsa the year before. He was one of the first people I came out to - he was at a safe distance and I desperately needed to talk some things out. The first thing he said to me after I voiced my concerns was
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