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Flying

Your

Freak

Flag@joegerstandt

authenticity

authenticity

authenticity

authenticity

Orbiting the Giant Hairball, Gordon MacKenzie

Bronnie Ware

The Top Five Regrets

of the Dying:

A Life Transformed by

the Dearly Departing@joegerstandt

Top Regrets of The Dying

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life

true to myself, not the life others

expected of me.

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express

my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my

friends.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

self censorship

playing small

covering

downplaying differences

conforming

playing into expectations

Fear of Being Different Stifles

Talent (HBR March 2014)

61% of the survey participants said

they had faced overt or implicit

pressure to cover in some way

or to downplay their differences

from the mainstream

29% altered their attire, grooming

or mannerisms to make their

identity less obvious

40% refrained from behavior

commonly associated with a given

identity

57% avoided sticking up for their

identity group

18% limited contact with members

of a group they belong to

There can be no

happiness if the

things we believe in

are different from the

things we do.-Freya Stark

66% of these employees said that it

significantly undermined their

sense of self

50% stated that it diminished their

sense of commitment

@joegerstandt

Who are you?

What are you here

for?

What is your gift?

@joegerstandt

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money

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spirituality

status

success,

tradition

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truth

unity

Is there

any

evidence?

you need a team

A comfort zone is a wonderful thing

to have, but nothing ever grows

there.

What would

you do if you

were not

afraid?

How will you help others?

Take up all of your space.

1.awareness

2.accountability

3.adventure

Top Regrets of The Dying

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life

true to myself, not the life others

expected of me.

2. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express

my feelings.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my

friends.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.

“We need in every community a

group of angelic troublemakers.”

Bayard Rustin

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Thank

you!