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MISFIT/MAVEN

MISFIT: A PERSON NOT SUITED IN BEHAVIOUR OR ATTITUDE TO A PARTICULAR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT – SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT FIT OR FITS BADLY.

A person who is too innovative, too creative, too geeky and/or too full of heart to clock in and clock out of a job and/or life.1

A person who doesn’t naturally conform, who is awake enough to not want to be a sheep, but not completely accepting of or able to embrace, surrender to and trust their uniqueness, difference and vulnerabilities.

A person who feels like they don’t belong.

MAVEN: A TRUSTED EXPERT IN A PARTICULAR FIELD, WHO SEEKS TO PASS KNOWLEDGE ON TO OTHERS.

The word maven comes from Hebrew, meaning ‘one who understands’, based on an accumulation of knowledge.

A person who is innovative, creative, geeky and full of heart.2

A person who walks to the beat of their own drum, who is awake and accepting of themselves and others.

A person who makes daily practice of embracing, surrendering to and trusting their uniqueness, difference and vulnerabilities and those of others.

1. This is my definition, not necessarily a recognized and shared definition

2. This is my definition, not necessarily a recognized and shared definition.