Quotes About Authenticity

I can't give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time. —HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE,

Be willing to fail or succeed on who you really are. Don't ever try to be anything else. What you are is good enough for whatever it is you're doing.

What do people agree merely by convention, and what is the truth?

And also, it's not about being good; it's about being great. Because what I find, the older I get, is that a lot of people are good, and a lot of people are smart, and a lot of people are clever. But not a lot of people give you their soul when they perform.

I promise, if you just tell the truth and get your heart broken as a comedian, you will have a house.

being able to view things as they are as opposed to what everybody says about them,

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." –Joseph Campbell American mythologist and writer, known for The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Show up in every moment like you're meant to be there, because your energy precedes anything you could possibly say.

Timothy Ferriss

A little part of me dies every time someone tells me they've taken a job as a "steppingstone" to something else, when they clearly aren't invested in it. You have one life to live. Time is valuable. If you're using steppingstones, you're also likely relying on someone else's path or definition of success. Make your own.

But the truth is, you can't really earn trust over time with people without being somewhat vulnerable [first].

When 99 percent of your life is your work, either you are really bad at what you do or you are completely off balance with the rest of your life; neither is something to be proud of. Anytime you see someone preaching, remember that this is smoke and mirrors.

No one cares if you are a people person. Have a point of view, and share it meaningfully, thoughtfully, and with conviction.

viví experiencias que no podrían comprarse ni con mil millones

La gran tentación de la gente es querer ser otra persona, quieren protagonizar la película de otro.

People-pleasing is a form of assholery,

You can't be afraid to show your scars.

People-pleasing is a form of assholery,' which

Brené is also the New York Times best-selling author of Daring Greatly, The Gifts of Imperfection, Rising Strong, and Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone.

How has being "realistic" or "responsible" kept you from the life you want? How has doing what you "should" resulted in subpar experiences or regret for not having done something else?

People can dislike you—and you often sell more by offending some—but they should never misunderstand you.

La verdad es que no me importa la nota que saques en el examen de vocabulario. Lo que me importa es si tienes algo que decir".»

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

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