Quotes About Authenticity

DON'T LEAD A DOUBLE LIFE. Everything you do takes up space in your brain. If you live a double life (and you know what I mean if I'm talking to you), then that extra life takes up neurons and synapses working overtime. The brain can't handle it. It starts to degrade instead of grow.

all I was doing was sweeping everything under my bed. My room would look spotless but it was actually still a disgusting mess. The same thing is true of most people's lives.

When you say yes to something you don't want to do, here is the result: you hate what you are doing, you resent the person who asked you, and you hurt yourself.

is a beacon. Your honesty—saying no to the lying—is what will bring the lost ships home. It's what will bring health, love, and money to you.

Only read the books you enjoy, that make you happy to be human. Only go to the events that actually make you laugh or fall in love. Only deal with the people who love you back, who are winners and want you to win too.

I realized that I was an amateur. I had spent my life pretending to be something I wasn't.

I'm forty-five and I still have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up." But I'm starting to finally accept the fact that all I want to be is ME.

Honesty is the only way to make money in today's world.

Blogging is not about money. Blogging is about trust.

Turn a few hours each day into a memory instead of a cubicle. Something you can laugh about.

Society is made up of individuals. The only way to improve society is to come at it from a place of deep, individual satisfaction. The only way to do that is to spend long periods of time just being silent. Find out who the real you is.

You are entitled to say NO to wearing a mask in order to get people to like you.

Being mediocre doesn't mean you won't change the world. It means being honest with yourself and the people around you. And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.

I hate having sex with people I don't love

And being honest at every level is really the most effective habit of all if you want to have massive success.

Only think about the people you enjoy. Only read the books you enjoy, that make you happy to be human. Only go to the events that actually make you laugh or fall in love. Only deal with the people who love you back, who are winners and want you to win too. This is a daily practice.

We rob ourselves of our joy and happiness when we stop and check in with what everyone else is thinking and saying about us.

Honesty is the only way to make money in today's world. Nobody

If a piece of writing is not hard, it's weak. It's not worth writing. It's not worth sharing. If it's not hard, it's soft. If you can't BLEED or KILL or SLASH YOUR GUTS with your word, then keep it to yourself.

Say what you want and why. Negotiation equals authenticity.

You are entitled to say NO to wearing a mask in order to get people to like you. You can trust that the way you are is fine, that your honesty is what attracts others to you, and that your truth is what lights your internal fire.

I don't care who you are, is smart enough to just dole out advice. Just talk about your own experiences and what you did to help yourself.

ABS—Always Be Storytelling.

Except you can't outsource your ability to build and deepen relationships. You can't outsource "you".