Level Up in 2026: Ultimate Easy Guide to Personal Rebranding & Growth

Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. My name is Bessing Gray and I am recording this video in St. Stevens Green by the Mis Creek with the seagulls and the ducks and birds that I don't know their names and I think it's cute. [Music] So every now and then I get questions about people wanting to upscale, wanting to level up, wanting to do better, wanted to rebrand. And as someone who constantly reinvents herself, here are a few things I would give you as tips and as pointers. First things first would be to determine what kind of person you want to be or you want to be. And this is not to say you're recreating into something that you cannot recognize or into a version of yourself that you cannot resonate with. This is to say you're saying, "Okay, my values have changed. My values are no longer the same as they used to be, and I want to do better or be better or be someone else or improve or things I used to stand for. I don't want to stand for them again." First things first would be to filter out your spaces and also surround yourself with people who have similar values as the values you want to invite or inculcate which would include um for instance I'm a Christian and if I want to continue my walk in Christ it would be to surround myself with Christians or with people who have the same faith value. So that way if there are certain things I'm saying don't see through my spirit what I'm saying does not resonate with who I'm trying to be. They will be able to understand that I am not just trying to be BB shoes or be ridiculous. These are things that are values that are rooted in the Bible. And even when you're trying to kind of circumvent it, they be like, "Oh, I think you know what? There's a loophole here." They will be like, "Uh, no." And that just helps keep you grounded. So, I don't know if it's this global saying, but there's a Nigerian saying that says, "Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are." And honestly, I stand by it 100 cuz a lot of the opportunities or a lot of things I've done in my life have had elements of my friends being included in them. So I strongly recommend you choosing your friends wisely and friends like I know a lot of people so it will be like the people that are categorized as acquaintances friends close friends just friends of friends people from school people from work and I think most times we try to blur the lines and that's where the problem comes in you need to know who your core centered people are and then also for everyone kind of mental box of who everyone is to you and just try not to cross a line I think you should be fine something that makes people feel less confident generally would that they feel they're not ready for opportunities or they're not that you mustn't know everything while we have the world at our fingertips. It may be a bit much to know everything. So I would have to say that you should um always prepare before you go for things. Always prepare before you go for books or before you go into certain rooms or go into routine. Kind of learn a thing or two that could be handy that just make you feel a lot better about yourself. And regarding the information, sometimes we may have difficulty sitting down and reading books or things all at once. But I would definitely suggest signing up to newsletters, signing up, subscribing to channels on YouTube or whatever platform, following short content cuz that way you're able to immerse knowledge really quickly and just in shorter forms as opposed to having a long form time. Now, if you are the kind of person that likes to read, then get books that would kind of feed into the mindset you're trying to build towards or feed into the life you're trying to grow towards. And there's nothing wrong. For instance, I am a very high energy, hyperindependent person generally. And at the start of the year, God told me that my theme for the year was rest. And it seems very ridiculous and mundane. Every few every year, I would have a theme for my life. And I don't necessarily talk about it outside. Um, but it's just things that God would deal with me throughout the year in terms of unrest. I did not know how difficult rest was or how unfamiliar rest was for me until it was that. And it's been a very interesting year. But I definitely feel a lot restful. Just mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally more restful. And this also includes me. How I carry about my life, how I decide to function, how I decide to respond to things, how the kinds of videos I put out, the kind of messaging. My messaging are just like doing things that a little softer, gentler, calmer that don't make my nerves all over the place. Now I'm always high energy and I have done like YouTube challenges doing adrenaline feeding stuff but now I am leaning towards calmer things and just more peaceful things generally and I've really enjoyed it so much and it has made me just feel very I can't explain it but that's the exact feeling I have and I think it's great and this is not to say that life is not life being an adult is not crazy but it's just that this is just where I find my own like that's just how I choose used to live. My final pointer will be that you should feed yourself with the messaging you want the world to see you as. So I know that sounds a bit weird but speak to yourself how you want the world to speak to you. So if I feel like I am able to do things, I am capable. There's this proverb that says the world will call you the name you call yourself and it's like my name is blessing and if you call me a name that's not blessing then that's not my name and I'm not going to answer it. So in the same way in how you see yourself if your name if your your name is blessed your name is confident your name is able to achieve great things able to do difficult things able to write a book and the world tells you you cannot write a book guess what that's not your name so you don't have to answer to that name and you don't have to internalize it because most times I feel oh I have come to discover speaking to people through mentorships or just interactions cuz I'm a conversationalist I will have the most random conversations with people it is that our internal voice stops us before the external voices even start to stop us and even start to stifle or try to cramp us. And I know that many people have had experiences while they were growing up where maybe their family spoke ill to them or their friends or things that have happened. I made a video called who taught you to shame and surprisingly resonated with a lot of people across all platforms and I I I really didn't expect it to because it was an experience I had few years back. Now if you're able to trace your source of shame, then you can counter that and that may be a bit uncomfortable and that may be a bit unnerving because it's a lot of soulsearching and soul digging and just auditing your own self and your own mind and your own thoughts. And I think if you're able to do that, you would definitely level up and from there kind of get to the things you want to do. I hope you found this helpful. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. Turn on post notifications. Let me know if you want me to talk about anything else and I will try my best to and if it's something that maybe I am not very versed on, I am happy to do some research and come back and chat to you about it because I think that I think that we all could level up. Level up. Okay, that was random. Bye. Bye from me. Lord Jesus.