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How Authentic People Are Really The Most Fake
And how not to fall into that trap
“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”― Brene Brown
One of the sloppiest, most misunderstood, underutilized, smartest, dumbest words around is “authenticity.” It is not so much the word itself, more so how we’ve totally twisted it to serve our selfish desires and even explain lousy behavior.
Tell me if this has ever happened to you before.
You and a friend are out on the town. Let’s call her Paige. So you and Paige are out and having fun. Just the two of you. Tacos, some margaritas. You bump into one of Paige’s friends. Karen. Her name is Karen.
Karen makes you feel like she has better things to do, and no, it has nothing to do with the fact that you’re with Paige…she just seems dang stand-off-ish and flippant.
You and Paige continue on with your fun when she leans in and says… “Oh, that’s Karen for you. She’s really deep down a great person…you just need to get to know her first.”
