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I used to wonder what it was like to go to a school party. I’d have those thoughts all the time because I’ve never been to one.

When I was in high school I never went to homecoming. Or the prom. Hell, I never went to any organized dance that didn’t include the words “Bar” and “Mitzvah” smashed together.

If you ask anyone from my high school, they might tell you they don’t remember me. In fact, I’ve seen people that I grew up with who have no recollection of my existence. Apparently, I just didn’t make much of an impact. Maybe it wasn’t my time, or maybe I was a late bloomer.

Whatever the explanation, I knew that the world around me—and the way others perceived me—wasn’t how I felt about myself inside. And yet, in many ways I let the perception of others shape the world I lived in. And that, in turn, led me to question what I could do, what I could become, and what I would achieve.

I bring this up now because I was recently given the “distinction” of being named one of the “50 Hottest Trainers,” according to SHAPE Magazine. It’s humbling and awesome to receive any type of praise, let alone one that compliments your appearance. (Yeah, I know it’s completely subjective.) But it made me think about perception. Not the perception I have of myself or even what people from high school would think of me now. That doesn’t matter to me. I thought about your perception of me, and the path I took to get here.

You see, most of us believe that some people are just born successful…or good looking…or lucky and fortunate. We believe that this is a society of have and have-nots. While it’s true that some might have an easier path, it doesn’t mean that you can’t create the type of existence you want.

Throughout all of high school, I never dated anyone. So it would have been easy to consider myself ugly. In my early and mid 20s I didn’t make much money, and thus you could have considered me unsuccessful or without direction. And for much of my life, I struggled to understand why my own perception of myself differed from the one the world created for me.

I’m sharing this now not because I want you to feel bad for me. And it’s not because I want you to applaud me for turning things around. I’m telling you my story because it’s important for you to understand the power you have over your own life.

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