Authenticity is the new currency
In these fractured, post-truth times, the qualities that people increasingly seek out, value or pay for are authenticity, individuality, inventiveness, uniqueness and meaning .
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@the_wilderless Speak your projects into the ether and watch interested parties appear, often.
Emmett Shearx.com
If it’s authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original.
Elizabeth Gilbert • Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Ultimately, the people who choose to champion originality a ones who propel us forward. After spending years studying them and interacting with them, I am struck that their inner experiences a not any different from our own. They feel the same fear, the same doubt, as the rest of us. What sets them apart is that they take action anyway. They know
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camus was right, real authenticity lies in knowing when to reveal yourself and when to hold back. otherwise your constant self expression becomes a performance to impress others and slowly erodes into vanity. but in restraint, authenticity transforms into an act of generosity, like when someone opens up at just the right moment and you see them in... See more
Ashwin Sharmax.comThis constant march into the unknown would not exist without the simultaneous sharing of millions of divergent points of view. Expressing oneself in the world and creativity are the same. It may not be possible to know who you are without somehow expressing it.