Don’t Be an Actor in Your Own Life

At the 2011 Positively Powerful Awards Luncheon and “Conversation on Leadership”, Diana Gregory of Gregory Fresh Market Place, spoke at length about her thirty years as a highly successful  sales rep and Retail Sales Director for  Anheuser-Busch, one of the world larger beverage companies. One question from the audience was “how was it possible for her to do so well in an industry that historically had been dominated by men”. Diana answer was simply “Authenticity”.
The take away from her presentation! Being authentic, is about your life, not some one else’s, it is about what you believe and stand for. Being inauthentic, requires a script and practicing being someone or something other than yourself. Being yourself does not require cheat sheet.