Two people argue that being genuinely yourself, even if flawed, beats pretending to be better than you are. They say real remorse means changing your behavior, not just saying sorry. Authenticity matters more in relationships than a polished fake version of yourself.
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Yeah, I mean, look, we choose the— I think the thing I like the most out of anybody, if there was one trait that I wish I could look around and say, this is what I love about that person, is just them being authentic. Just be real. If you're not a nice person, that's okay. Just be real about not being a nice person. If you are a nice person, be that person. Don't talk— I think if I'm to get If I'm challenged, let's call it that, is when someone says something that they want to be and they're just not doing that. That's not authentic, you know. And I've got some friends that they're crazy, they're crazy, but they don't claim not to be crazy, you know. And then I've got, you know, some other people I know that claim to be all high and mighty and they're not. I'd take the crazy person any day, any day. So I think that if it could just— that authenticity, and hopefully that's how this comes across too. I love it. I love that more than anything.
Thank you so much. You've been very authentic. I love us being able to talk about both personal and professional because we're not only professional or personal. We are who we are. And I'll close with this thought that we share with my kids occasionally when they say they are sorry and it's a throwaway sorry. We say, don't say sorry. Do sorry. Let me see that you're sorry.
Don't just say it and walk away. And I think that it's where actions just need to speak louder than our words.
