Our identities are self-created, ego-based ideas that we begin constructing early in life. Once created we operate under the illusion that our value lies in living up to them. This can interfere with who we might become as we behave in ways we think are consistent with the identity rather than acting naturally. On the other hand, when we behave authentically, instead of trying to fit into a box, not only are we more likely to share all our natural talents with the world, we do so…

With greater ease.