Animals understand authenticity. They don’t really know any other way to be. My puppy shows utter joy each time he sees me, without wondering how he looks or whether he’s over-wagging his tail. It doesn’t occur to him to try to be like the dog next door. There are 8 billion people on the planet

The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of reality and our existence in the universe is called ontology. It’s not a word you hear very often in business, but that’s about to change. The field of ontology explores which things exist and how those things relate to each other at a universal, meta

In business, we often think we need to project total certainty for people to trust us and buy from us. We also believe we must know all the answers for our team to respect us. Neither of these are true. Yet, because we believe them, we sometimes feel inauthentic and start doubting ourselves. That doubt—the

Being genuine is the most powerful form of personal expression. Commit to being congruent. Insist on living authentically. As a unique point of consciousness, you’re shaping the future and destiny of our planet. Your spirit wants to create something new into the world, not duplicate what other people do. Express the essence of your being.

You contribute to the evolution of humanity by expressing your individual essence into the world. Formal education doesn’t emphasize this concept and it’s rarely modeled for us by parents or society. Instead, we’re encouraged to conform and put off our dreams. To play it safe, and trade inner yearnings for security and plan for retirement.

Neuroscience reveals that empathy is not merely a soft skill but a neurological phenomenon. Mirror neurons, which activate both when we perform an action and when we observe someone else performing that action, play a crucial role in our ability to empathize. These fascinating cells also fire when we feel an emotion and when we