What happens when authenticity becomes a cliche?

Is it authentic to acknowledge being awful?

Are we being authentic when we aspire to be more than we are?

These and other stimulating questions are addressed when Jeff Koziatek, the Mindset Catalyst, joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

https://www.coreauthenticity.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkoziatek/

1:30  Do what you love.

Society sends a message that your value comes from what you do

Learn how to say no.

Everyone is asking the same two questions:

What is my worth, and where does it come from?

If it comes from something external, it’s not really ours.

People need tools for communication, confidence, and mindset development

We can be authentic behind a mask

But how much better to develop core authenticity that allows us to drop the mask

The difference between hiding and filter

10:00  “You are so different from how you seemed”

Go from living two lives to living one life

Is it possible to lie authentically?

What happens when authenticity becomes a cliche?

Is it authentic to acknowledge being awful?

Are we being authentic when we aspire to be more than we are?

17:00  Degrees of authenticity

When our value is tied to something external, we rationalize compromising our ethics

Trauma may force us to choose between discovering our true value and spiraling into despair

Value doesn’t change but perception does

Can poor self-esteem be common sense?

25:00  If my actions earn me a 5 how do I get to 10?

Binary thinking sets us up for failure in our own eyes

Growth model enables us to compartmentalize who we are from what we do

Visualize going up in a glass elevator

What happens when our essence is out of sync with how we behave

31:00 Core elements: Worth, values, identity, and purpose

The juggler and the king

Pleasure seeking and self indulgence leave us nothing of true value with no purpose

What are we juggling?

When we have our priorities in order, ethics naturally fall into place

Recognizing the limits of our circumstances is part of being ethical

39:00 How do we identify our true values?

Why are values like trees?

Can we see the forest of true values?

41:00 The word of the day:  Chatoyancy

When a tree grows under stress it causes the grain to curl back on itself, producing waves within the wood. The smoother the wood gets, the more the chatoyancy will show up.

Pressure and polishing transform us into beautiful creations

We are all 10 on the inside