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

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

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.

One of the best ways to influence people is to make those around you feel important.

Racism and religious bigotry are two essential pieces of baggage mankind carries as it moves from one century to the next.

guilt is a pollutant and we don't need any more of it in the world.

Now we know more about it and we teach our children not to get into cars with strangers but back then it was you know people didn't really use to that mentality yet.

Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not a good actor.

We sometimes imagine we hate flattery, but we only hate the way we are flattered.

What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when I was growing up, listening to names like Lord Finesse.

'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.

I think other people's depression is frightfully dreary, don't you?

To wilful men, the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters.