Tyler is an accomplished film and stage performer and has appeared in productions including Freddy Vs Jason, Door to Door, Carrie, and the musical Ragtime. One if his biggest passions is helping others confidently take the stage and impact an audience with their stories, which he talks about in his best-selling book "The Power to Speak Naked." As I looked into Tyler and learned more about him from this conversation, it became apparent very quickly he is a hard worker and is involved in a lot things. I think that is why his value of "integrity" is so important to him. 

As Tyler explained it, integrity is about staying true to your word and doing the things you committed to doing. That is an unbelievably simple concept, but as we talked about during the show it can be extremely difficult to actually do. For Tyler though, it is the only way. There is so much complexity in our lives, competing priorities, and limited time/resources; so the only way to navigate it all is to hold yourself accountable to your word. 

One of the aspects of this conversation I really enjoyed was the mathematical logic Tyler used to explain his value and approach to life. We talked about the intricate "if, then, or" statements our minds are constantly running to try to determine the best decisions for us. We use this logic to identify our biases, assumptions, and blind spots to gain the most clarity we can. If that sounds exhausting and burdensome--it is. This isn't necessarily easy work to do, but the pay off is the peace and freedom to know that at the minimum, even if everything goes wrong, you were being thoughtful and in line with your stated values.

My favorite part of the discussion was when we used ourselves as a case study to test this "logical computation" of integrity. I unfortunately had to postpone our original recording date because of a family issue and this ran head first into the integrity conversation we were having. In theory, we are supposed to stick to our word and do the things we committed to do. So rather than do the polite thing and shy away from this topic, Tyler and I dove head first into it and had an authentic discussion about how he felt about me cancelling.