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From: The New York Times

Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice.

The New York Times:

IT was going to be the biggest presentation of my life — my first appearance on the TED Conference main stage — and I had already thrown out seven drafts. Searching for a new direction, I asked colleagues and friends for suggestions. “The most important thing,” the first one said, “is to be yourself.” The next six people I asked gave me the same tip.

We are in the Age of Authenticity, where “be yourself” is the defining advice in life, love and career. Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world. As BrenéBrown, a research professor at the University of Houston, defines it, authenticity is “the choice to let our true selves be seen.”

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