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The Inconvenient Truth About Your “Authentic” Self

By Jennifer Beer — 2020

To actually feel authentic, you might have to betray your true nature.

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The Fine Line Between Helpful and Harmful Authenticity

When we express ourselves, let’s not forget to think of others.

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Adam Grant
2020
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The Limits of Authenticity

We are told: “To thine own self be true!” But what do we mean if we say that somebody is an authentic person, or a very genuine person?

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Philosophy Now
2012
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Why Authenticity Is the Key to Success in Life, Business, and Relationships

We are born with a purpose to fulfill; our soul has a personality and a plan with our time here on earth. This is our authentic self—what the soul radiates and enjoys.

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Melissa Carver
2016
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Develop Authenticity: 20 Ways to Be a More Authentic Person

Being your authentic self can feel risky now in our screen-obsessed world. We’re just trying to fit in, be liked, and be accepted by other human beings.

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Tchiki Davis
2019
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The Authenticity Paradox

Authenticity has become the gold standard for leadership. But as INSEAD professor Herminia Ibarra argues, a simplistic understanding of what authenticity means can limit leaders’ growth and impact.

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Herminia Ibarra
2015
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The Authenticity Asset: An Interview with Entrepreneur Tonya Rapley

Tonya Rapley was born into a military family: the child of two career Air Force service members. But from a young age, she knew that rigid hierarchies weren’t for her.

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Emilie Aries
2017
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How Life Coach Marie Forleo Figured Out Her Life, and Empowers Others to Do the Same

Why Marie Forleo walked away from Wall Street to help people build lives they love.

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Nathan Chan
2019
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Showing Up as Yourself: Mike Prokopeak and 1440 Cofounder Scott Kriens on Leadership

Mike Prokopeak is vice president and editor in chief of Human Capital Media–publisher of Chief Learning Officer, Talent Economy, and Workforce magazines.

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1440 Multiversity
2019
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Parker Palmer Explains Why Inner Contemplation Is So Necessary

Necessity being the mother of invention, it struck me that contemplation didn’t depend on a particular practice.

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Maria Shriver
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Parker Palmer Is Living the Questions

“If on the day I die I can say, ‘To the best of my ability—cutting myself some slack for my human flaws and fallibilities—I was faithful to my gifts, to the world’s needs as I saw them,’ then I can take my final breath with a feeling of satisfaction that I showed up on earth with what I had...

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Nathan Scolaro
2017
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