The 7 Habits of Truly Genuine People
What authentic people do differently than the rest of us, and how you can too We tend to value "genuine" people and think poorly of those whom we perceive as being "fake"—but why is that? After all, what motivates "fakeness" is an effort to appear more appealing or impressive, so shouldn’t we find people who care about our opinions more appealing than those who, by definition, do their own thing regardless of what we think? Well, no, we shouldn’t—and for three basic reasons: We are much more likely to trust a genuine person than a fake one because we believe those who are true to themselves are also likely to be truer and more honest with us . We often associate genuineness with appealing traits, such as strength of character and emotional resilience —and correctly so, as being true to yourself takes confidence , tenacity, and often even bravery. We are attracted to uniqueness and individuality, qualities genuine people usually have in spades...