Authenticity has always been valued but perhaps never more so than now.

There’s pressure to be that which you are not.

To compromise values.

Or neglect that special something that makes you YOU.

You don’t have to quit the world to be more of the person you want to be.

Have the courage to embrace what makes you unique.

The first time I taught a Dale Carnegie class, one of my students raised her hand and said, “Jerry, you’re teaching public speaking but the way you wave your hands around is distracting”.

That’s the point in time when it would have been easy to second guess the most important quality in a speaker – the ability to be yourself in public.

My response, “I’m Italian. We speak with our hands”.

The message is important but nothing is more important than knowing and being yourself.

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