Authenticity is our natural state of being. The authentic self is a state of being where we are centered, creative, adaptive, and inspired.

Our suppressing who we are to fit in is exhausting. It kills flow and creativity. It also prevents genuine connection with others.

Being true to ourselves is about having courage to define our own version of what it is to live a successful life.

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

Practice holding labels lightly as leaders so you have greater range in your behaviors and are more adaptable and effective in a greater range of situations.

Authentic leadership is at the root of cultures of great innovation, engagement, outstanding client experiences, and growth.

Authenticity is a choice we make about who we want to be that inspires our greater aliveness.

The struggle to live up to an “ideal image” of who we should be in order to feel safe misdirects and depletes our energy.

To return to our authenticity, we have to let go of all that we are not. We recognize and let go of the judgments, fears, and “shoulds” that keep us stuck.

Authentic leadership is leading adaptively from your core, choosing who you’re most inspired to be to serve the greatest good in this moment.

Authentic leadership is a whole body experience. Our bodies have a lot more to teach us about ourselves than our thoughts.

It is no coincidence that, on all four sides, in all four corners, the borders of the Roman Empire stopped where wine could no longer be made.

Fight for what you want. Never allow anything to distract you.

I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything.

The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting.

I'm so used to being separate from the publication process. I turn in the book to the editor and then I'm done.

Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on.

My ambitions were already very clearly fixed by the time I was 6 or 7.

Great tact and delicacy is necessary for the care of the mind of a child from three to six years, and an adult can have very little of it.

Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles.

What if - what if Life itself were the sweetheart?