How Swagger Can Make You More Successful
You may not be “hip”, “in the 411″, or “straight up respresentin”, but swagger is a person’s style, how they walk, how they talk, how they dress, etc.
Being that I’m part of Generation Y, I know these types of things. Don’t be trippin! Ok, enough of the slang. Swagger or swag has always been a cool word to me. I remember hearing it a lot back in high school and especially a lot when it came to Rap music. Rappers would describe it as their lyrical flow, their lifestyles, and their flashy cars and over the top jewelry.
However, swag goes much deeper than that. Like business and everyday life deep. Sadly, most people have no swag at all. They’re boring, their sites are boring, and they’re bringing very little, if any value at all to the table. A lot of it starts out with your personal style and who you are as a person, but many avoid being that person and putting on a facade as someone they are not. They get caught up chasing the dollar signs and not what will truly make them happy.
And because of that, they have very little swag at all. They’re not truly them and if they actually are and pursuing their true passions, they’re not taking enough action and haven’t fully recognized their swag factor.
Sure, I just made that up but your swag factor is what makes you YOU and what your own, personal, unique style is. You can talk, act and have a site like Gary Vaynerchuck, but you can never be him. You can talk, act and star in movies like Denzel Washington, but you can never be him.
Swag/swagger is what makes you who you are and what attracts people to you, grabs their interest, and keeps them interested. The more and better you recognize your swag factor and portray that in what you do, the more people will be drawn to you and potentially, the more money you will make. Rap music may not be something you enjoy but the guys that seem to always do the best are those that are real and authentic.
Have swag, work that swag, and be as authentic as possible. That’s what it’s all about and what people are really drawn to anyways…
“What’s your swag factor?”
