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Authenticity
How heavy is the mask that you wear?
Too many companies fail to recognize that “the deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated” — but the solution is easy.
Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.
If the daily grind feels like Sartre's phony act of "bad faith," Heidegger's sense of "being" can help redefine your role.
How to juggle while walking a tightrope — at work.
When you own your career, work becomes more than a means to an end — it becomes a vehicle for growth and happiness.
Times of crisis tend to produce “hard” leaders, but — driven by Generations Y and Z — a softer leadership style has taken root globally.
Every organization has a power block of dutiful but unappreciated talent. Here’s an effective plan for engagement.
Is true equality achievable — or even desirable? Go on a journey through the strange and unsettling "Land of Justice."
John Templeton Foundation
The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.
There are several different types of learner engagement, from emotional to cognitive. Here's how to improve each.
Humiliating powerful people was not a key to success.
Sex, it turns out, isn’t as easy or simple as popular culture might lead us to believe.
A conservator from the Rijksmuseum explains how they went about investigating whether the painting is a genuine Rembrandt.
"Salvator Mundi" sold for a record-breaking $450 million in 2017, but is it really as valuable as people were led to believe?
Successful forgers are remembered as great conmen, not artists. This is strange, considering their forgeries fooled even the most seasoned critics.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Just a small gesture or a thoughtful comment can often alter a situation, or people’s perceptions of it, in ways that relieve tensions and make them feel appreciated and included.
Brands manufacture meaning through consensus; people must strive to create their own.
Studies show that feelings of ease and comfort in a given situation are tied to feelings of authenticity.
If you want to be an authentic person, embrace reality. Don't try to clamber your way up Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of "bad faith" through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
People can lose their authentic selves when they don't honestly confront life's potential, according to the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
Role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons offer a valuable insight: Life is about shifting labels.
The decades-long conflict is best understood not through secondhand accounts of historians, but the primary accounts of people who actually experienced it.