Sarah Elkins June 6, 2016 Career Coach, Storytelling Taking Yourself Too Seriously? Choose a Cue to Keep it Real. Sarah Elkins June 6, 2016 Career Coach, Storytelling I looked back up and took a few more steps. I thought: "Oh no, I wouldn't have done that." Looking back down at my feet confirmed my initial observation: I was wearing two different colored shoes. One was black, the other was navy.