{"id":1687,"date":"2024-08-23T14:53:16","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2024-08-23T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T10:53:21","slug":"authenticity-and-the-ability-to-stand-naked-in-your-own-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/authenticity-and-the-ability-to-stand-naked-in-your-own-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Authenticity and the ability to stand naked in your own truth&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Filters and make-believe are the norm. Projecting a version of yourself that conforms, fits in, blends with the rest and be floating in the SOS(Sea of Sameness) is the endeavor.<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em> Authenticity is at a premium<\/em><\/span>. There is a yawning gap in the market. How and where are you positioning your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandknewmag.com\/how-to-define-develop-and-communicate-your-personal-brand\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>personal brand<\/em><\/span><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, we, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupisd.com\/story\/\">ISD Global<\/a>, conducted a hugely successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandknewmag.com\/trust-conclave-iimb-by-iim-bangalore-and-isd-global-videos-and-testimonials\/\">Trust Conclave<\/a> in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iimb.ac.in\/\">IIM Bangalore<\/a>, one of the premier management institutions in the world. In the process we opened a can of worms. The intent was to push the needle from Trust as a noun to Trust as a verb. And the movement is well and truly on its way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the lesson:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Nothing builds trust and leads to real solutions like authenticity.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is said that &#8220;<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">be yourself, everyone else is already taken<\/span><\/em> &#8220;- so true. In an ecosphere which expects all of us to be Type A + at all times with the ability and strength of Machiavellian and Hercules combined is a welcome aberration. No need to pretend what you are not. There are enough and more people on Instagram who are already doing that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Be-Good-The-Best-Is-Too-Low-A-Standard.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Don\u2019t settle for the safety of inauthenticity. Be yourself. The right people and organisation or community will value you for it.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can&#8217;t be faked<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Filters and make-believe are the norm. Projecting a version of yourself that conforms, fits in, blends with the rest and be floating in the SOS(Sea of Sameness) is the endeavor. Authenticity is at a premium. There is a yawning gap in the market. How and where are you positioning your personal brand? &nbsp; Last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/23\/authenticity-and-the-ability-to-stand-naked-in-your-own-truth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Authenticity and the ability to stand naked in your own truth&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sureshdinakaran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}