Tag: Authenticity

This Is What Authenticity Means To Me

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth

Authenticity means more than just telling the truth. Because we know when we are not being honest with ourselves. We also know when we are human beings, when we are who we really are.

To me, being true to myself is everything. It means everything to me. It is simple. If I am not myself, then who am I? If I can’t live my life, then why am I here? If I can’t tell the truth, then my values are not my values.

To me, I am being true to myself when I am not afraid to raise my voice, when I am not afraid to represent what is right, when I am being honest with other people, when I am being honest with myself, when I have the courage to follow my heart, to listen to my inner self, when I can dig deeper into what makes me who I am today, when I can live my values, when I can work my values, when I can speak my values, when I believe in myself, and when I believe that the world is more than me.

I am being true to other people when I treat them as human beings, not as animals, when I pay attention to their stories, to their experiences. Why is that? Because I want to know them. I want to know where they are coming from. And I want to know how I can help them.

Because being true to others means you are there when they need you, not when you want something from them. That is manipulation.

When you are being authentic to yourself and to other people, the world wants to meet you.

To you, what does authenticity mean?

How To Keep Your Integrity

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com

‘Without integrity, nothing else really matters. It doesn’t matter what you say if no one trust you. And it doesn’t matter how committed, skilled, courageous, or optimistic you are if people don’t believe you’ll honor your words.’- David Cottrell

You are your integrity. You are nothing without it. It is very hard to build. But you can destroy it in a day.

You are not going to go far in your life if people don’t trust you. You are not going to have a happy life if no one is willing to work with you.

To keep yourself on the right path, the path to success, you must have the courage to stand for something.

Integrity requires you to be you, to practice what you believe in, to face what is in front of you.

Integrity is everything. To keep it, you must be honest with yourself. And you must be honest with other people. If you know you are not going to be able to do something, do not say it.

Integrity is being honest with other people. It is about living the life that you want other people to live. It is about living your own truth. It is not about trying to present who you are not.

Integrity is how you treat yourself. It is about what you stand for. It is not about other people. It is about you, your character.

Integrity is about being authentic, supportive, true to yourself, grateful, and being reliable.

It is about what you care about in your life, what you value in your life. If you want to keep your integrity, you must stay true to yourself. Because your life starts with you. Because everything starts with you.