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

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.

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.

...they want us to pretend that we see the world as they pretend they see it. They need some sort of sanction from us.

Do not deny the truth.

I'm a lot of things, but none of them are great.

Keep a space where God can let something totally new take place.

On the one hand, there is no reason that a black person needs to live a portion of his or her life being concerned about the people of color around him. On the other hand, if you don't you're crazy.

Even when we get what we addictively want, our wanting to keep things that way automatically creates a new addiction.

The ideal teacher student relationship exists when the student is better than the teacher.

It's a dangerous dog that doesn't bark.

I'm not claiming to appeal to the same people that Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears are going to appeal to. I'm not trying to. I'm doing what I want to do.

Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.