BRIANA PINAUD
What does it mean to be strong?
To be strong is to not wake up and be super on it all the time. Strength comes from the ability to continue to live and be able to get back up after being put down. To recuperate from heartbreak, a bad AirBNB review, the loss of a job. Do I have it in me to deal with adversity and get back up on my feet. It means living through the bad times not beating yourself up. If you're going through heartbreak yeah it’s okay to not get out of bed, you’re not perfect, there a lot of things you don’t need to control.
In what ways do you wish you could be stronger?
In lots of ways as humans we’re trying to see what's wrong with us. I'm super hard on myself and always beating myself up for things I know are my weaknesses, which are consistency and organization. I wish I had better willpower, I would be a stronger person but I lack that. Lack to the willpower yo get a diet lose weight look good. Willpower to wake up at 5, go on a run, and make lunch to bring to work. I cannot take a compliment from people, it’s hard for me to accept them so it's hard for me to say my strengths.
Where do you think your strengths lie?
One of my talents is my creativity. I touch a lot of people and I make a difference, but I'm not curing cancer. But if a person with cancer wants to look good and put lipstick on themselves, or making a great environment for you guys to have fun. The people I touch makes an impact in a stranger, past degrees of separation.
How do you give people strength?
How I give people strength is measured through the people closest to me. I’m a great listener and giver of advice. and I tend to have a tough love approach which may come off as abrasive. Friends have come to appreciate tough love and I only advise those that are close to me. I'm not the kind to tell people it's going to be fine when it's not, for example a friend lying to a guy about her age. Why would you do that? Why do you need to lie about your age? I'm not going to let my children lose what it's like to be a woman, show your worth, you have 5 hours tell them. It comes from a place of love tough love, I can persuade those close to me be stronger and give them strength. I give my daughters strength by leading by example, working hard, and giving them opportunities see in her and people she associates herself with. Work hard and get ahead and they will learn from it. There's on a few things to ask them to do.