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What does Authenticity Mean to You?

By M. Kenneth Petruzzi, on July 14th, 2011%

Authenticity

 

“We have relationships with everything we perceive, whether that is an object, event, or a person. Our authenticity depends on our authentic response to that relationship, and what is appropriate within that context.

Therefore, authenticity is not ‘speaking one’s truth no matter what,’ but is about responding in truth to what the relationship is calling for.”  

~Mark Petruzzi

 

What does authenticity mean to you? Your beliefs and attitudes about the concept of authenticity may have a significant impact on the creation and co-creation of your relationships with others. Recently, a Psychology Today blog by Vivian Diller got me to thinking about this subject to even greater depths than I had before. The result? My current thinking goes something like this:

There are three aspects to authenticity.

The first requirement is that my desires have some connection with WHO I am. I wouldn’t get cosmetic surgery for fear of not meeting some consensus standard, or to impress according to some cosmetic standard (though for SOME cosmetic surgery IS an authentic action). . . . → Read More: What does Authenticity Mean to You?

14 comments   Expanding Definitions, Inner World Words, Mental Models, Uncategorized, Words that Matter   , , , ,  

Passion vs. Addiction

By M. Kenneth Petruzzi, on March 15th, 2011%

This post was transferred here from my SuccessWaypoint.com site. It was originally posted there on March 26, 2010.

Lately, I am coming across blog posts and articles that appear to have trouble reconciling the idea of following one’s passion or bliss with what they see as possible destructive outcomes of taking that that course.

I think that confusion comes when we see “passion” and “obsession/addiction” as related conditions. For me, the distinction between the   former and the latter is pretty clear-cut.

Passion is almost always about moving *towards* something for positive reasons, while addiction/obsession is almost always about engaging in a powerful distraction to *escape* something unwanted. That “something unwanted” is often emotional pain, but a sense of powerlessness is also a huge driver for aberrant behaviors.

Those of us who have known the bliss that can result from realized passion understand that it is not about mere pleasure, but comes from a nexus of pleasure and thriving inner self/heart… a supreme alignment not achievable through obsession or addiction. While obsession/addiction can bring overwhelming intoxication, we know that intoxication is but a bad facsimile of true bliss.

Law of Attraction Postscript

Those of us who study the law . . . → Read More: Passion vs. Addiction

3 comments   Emotions, Law of Attraction, Leadership, Words that Matter

Self-Esteem vs. Self-Value

By M. Kenneth Petruzzi, on October 12th, 2010%

To fully grok the concept of self-value, it helps to believe that each person has a soul, and that each soul has value beyond what is physical. It’s difficult to make the point for a person’s inherent value, if I choose to believe a human being is just an electrified bag of chemicals walking around comparing his or her value to those around them based on looks, action, relationship, ownership, etc. That out of the way, let’s move on to make what I hope is a helpful distinction between “Self-Esteem” and “Self-Value.” Some folks will tell you that self-esteem is what you think of yourself, and self-value is what you’re born with. From where I stand, that’s partially right. . . . → Read More: Self-Esteem vs. Self-Value

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