Authentic leadership is leading adaptively from your core, choosing who you’re most inspired to be to serve the greatest good in this moment.

Authenticity is our natural state of being. The authentic self is a state of being where we are centered, creative, adaptive, and inspired.

Our suppressing who we are to fit in is exhausting. It kills flow and creativity. It also prevents genuine connection with others.

Being true to ourselves is about having courage to define our own version of what it is to live a successful life.

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

Practice holding labels lightly as leaders so you have greater range in your behaviors and are more adaptable and effective in a greater range of situations.

Authentic leadership is at the root of cultures of great innovation, engagement, outstanding client experiences, and growth.

Authenticity is a choice we make about who we want to be that inspires our greater aliveness.

The struggle to live up to an “ideal image” of who we should be in order to feel safe misdirects and depletes our energy.

To return to our authenticity, we have to let go of all that we are not. We recognize and let go of the judgments, fears, and “shoulds” that keep us stuck.

Authentic leadership is a whole body experience. Our bodies have a lot more to teach us about ourselves than our thoughts.

Test all things. But hold fast to the good.

Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul.

We may not understand the pathways God lays out before us. We may not even like walking the journey. But even in failure, we can trust that He’ll do more than we expect.

Music without passion is merely noise. A life without passion? You may as well be dead.

Wise men argue causes and fools decide them.

Writing anything is a treason of sorts.

Shadow work is the path of the heart warrior.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.