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The importance of being authentic will be discussed in this topic.

To be authentic! What exactly does it mean?

Authentic defined: Is having the origin supported by unquestionable evidence - not fake, false or copied, but genuine; real. It means being your true self.

In order to realize and understand who your true self is, you have to start by thinking about your own life. It’s time to do a little introspection.

As I’ve mentioned this before on other topics within this series … a lot people spend most their time working hard to improve upon their weaknesses. Meanwhile, all the things that make them great are shoved aside, and/or completely ignored.

We all get caught up in the trends of wearing the right clothes, driving the right cars, having the best phones and working in the highest paying jobs ... and we rarely stop to reflect on how striving to fit in with these trends impacts our lives.

You might be wonder why do we do that? Well, it’s because inner reflection can be intimidating.

Don Miguel Ruiz writes in his book The Four Agreements that “Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive and express what we really are." He is absolutely right.

We’ve all experienced a time in our life when we’ve felt ignored, or undervalued. We catch ourselves standing in the shadow of another.