The best part about being authentic is there is no image to maintain. You will delight some and disturb others, and none of it will concern the truth of your being
Some of the best qualities in a person:
- genuinely happy about other people’s wins
- high agency
- gets excited over little things
- curious not judgmental
- owns their own mistakes & poor choices
- kind to people who can do nothing for them
- authentic even when it’s hard
- does what they say they’re going to do or more
- values how life feels > how life looks
- okay with being disliked
Life is poker, not chess
Four years ago I walked away from a guaranteed promotion at McKinsey and a $300K PE offer to work in gaming for a third of the salary.
Many thought I was insane. They were playing chess: calculating the optimal move with perfect information.