"Authenticity, for me, is doing what you promise, not "being who you are." - Seth Godin
Seth is echoing the wisdom of Aristotle.
Anything that we have to learn to do we learn by the actual doing of it ... we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
We become authentic by performing authentic acts. To act is to be. There is no distinction between who we are and what we do.
I know it is popular to think otherwise. But it is this very delusion that creates the doubt and confusion that many people face every day. Self-awareness doesn't produce authenticity. Self-awareness comes as a result to doing things that reveal authentic character.
So what do you do? Begin by asking two simple questions.
1. What did I do today?
and then,
2. What difference did my actions make today?
Understanding the difference you made is the begining of understanding what authenticity means. To do is to be.
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