The Authenticity Inventory
Do you see how difficult this work can be if we can’t be honest, really honest, with ourselves first?
Do you see how difficult this work can be if we can’t be honest, really honest, with ourselves first?
In our curated, airbrushed, Photoshopped society, I think we all just want a little more real world.
Elders regard life choices with regret or satisfaction based largely on whether they were ‘true’ to themselves.
I mean, what would I think of you if you didn’t have family and happiness as a top value?!
In a world where we are taught to fit in while simultaneously being number one or better than, nobody knows what you need to do for your own happiness more than yourself.
If your business isn’t working, it’s your fault. If your business isn’t serving you, it’s your fault. If you don’t wake up every day excited to go to “work,” it’s your fault.
For many, this is the first time they’ve examined these things. They might be thirty, forty, or fifty years into their life, and they’ve never really taken the time to discover what genuinely drives them. That might be you as well.
In the future, while reviewing your SOP, you may find that what you want as a human being is no longer being served by your work.
“Few of us have thoughtfully considered the mainstream conception of success before we have pursued it.”
