A lot of people fail at what I do because they group all talent together. Just because they are labelled as 'talent,' doesn't mean they are similar at all. They are individuals with unique business models.
— Gary Rosen“In fact, imposter syndrome is a symptom that we are leading because leaders are doing something that's never been done before and so of course you will feel like an imposter, because you are one! Who can guarantee something is going to work? Not you, not anyone.”— Seth Godin
Marketing Thought Leader & Author of "The Purple Cow
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When we mask, conform, and hide aspects of who we are, it actually hurts and damages us in the end. But no one can be authentic 100% of the time because we are tribal, very social.
— Ritu BhasinCanadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series
We often have this flawed, broken principle of perfection put on us from a very young age that we must be perfect as people. No-one is perfect. In fact, we are perfectly imperfect.
— Ritu BhasinCanadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series
As children we experience a domestication process where rather than having our authenticity unlocked for us, instead we have put upon us layers and layers of rules about how we ought to behave and how we ought not to behave.
— Ritu BhasinCanadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series
I define authenticity as the consistent practice of choosing to know who we are and embracing who we are. For a lot of us, we come to know who we are, but then we rail against our identities.
— Ritu BhasinCanadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series
The definition of 'purpose' can be questioning, 'What am I doing that's greater than myself? What am I a part of that's bigger than just me?' We now know the most sustainable form of meaningful happiness comes to purpose.
— Jenn LimChief Happiness Officer & Author of "Delivering Happiness
The rate of change has become exponential and us as human beings physiologically have not been able to adapt. We just cannot physiologically adapt that quickly – what does it mean for us? This is in some ways Darwinian because he said it wasn't about the strongest that survives, it's those that are most able to adapt.
— Jenn LimChief Happiness Officer & Author of "Delivering Happiness
Since we started really living these tools, we are now better at uncertainty than we were even two years ago. You can't go back to believing that it's too risky, you've got to keep going.
— Susannah FurrWe are wired to be afraid of uncertainty – it automatically hits us as instinctively wrong, like avoid this at all costs.
— Susannah FurrYou cannot get a breakthrough, you cannot get a change nor a transformation unless you are willing to take that risk by stepping into the unknown. If getting the possibility requires going through uncertainty, they are two sides of the same coin.
— Nathan FurrControlling strength takes a lifetime to learn – and young boys need to learn about physical strength, and how to employ it constructively not destructively. A male gorilla could easily kill a baby with his thumb but we see male adult gorillas playing gently, and tenderly with babies.
— Frans de WaalPrimatologist & behavioral psychologist who studies animal cognition and emotions
Gender identity drives self-socialization. People think adults socialise their children, but children socialise themselves. We see the same process in the Great Apes. Self-socialisation we see, is not limited just to humans! That's why I talk about the idea of gender in apes, not just sex.
— Frans de WaalPrimatologist & behavioral psychologist who studies animal cognition and emotions
When you observe chimpanzees and other apes, you see how extremely humanlike they are in almost everything they do. We have been so indoctrinated to think we are special (as a species) that when you see an ape up close and see they are- in essence- us, you don't know what to do with those feelings.
— Frans de WaalPrimatologist & behavioral psychologist who studies animal cognition and emotions
You have to make decisions throughout your life and be prepared to accept responsibility for those decisions. There is also confidence that comes from learning a set of skills – and that confidence allows you to challenge the status quo.
— Reggie Fils-AiméFormer President of Nintendo of America, led iconic console era
I took the fact that I felt I wasn't good enough as a challenge. This is where I give some of my early bosses and mentors a lot of credit. They invested their time in my training and development.
— Reggie Fils-AiméFormer President of Nintendo of America, led iconic console era
He had the grit and determination to go, to tell that story, and to tell the world what was happening. His experience shaped me – and shaped my own mentality of being tough, resilient, picking myself up from disappointments, and continuing to move forward.
— Reggie Fils-AiméFormer President of Nintendo of America, led iconic console era