In Don’t Be Yourself, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic explored the topics of authenticity and stated how this key word has been searched on Google one million times in the last five years alone. It has been discovered that studies have found if you have a more authentic self-rating, you are likely to have more job and relationship satisfaction. He covered the four traps we are faced with such as always be honest with yourself, follow your heart, stop worrying about what others think, and bring yourself to work. He discussed career advancement and enclosed sample job interview questions and how to answer them. These included biggest weakness, where you see yourself in five years, how you handle criticism, and much more. He tries to help you align your experiences and traits positivity with your employee’s values and this could assist you in obtaining the job offer. He looked at leadership and how it affects our authenticity. He shared how the saying just be yourself can give us a false sense and provide us with a narcissistic mindset. He explained how a great leader will help other build and grow and develop their desire to more about the group instead of themselves.
This book is an excellent look about the dangers of being ourselves and authenticity. I enjoyed the interview sessions questions and how he explored the different areas and types of them. I appreciated the covering of the topic of leadership and this a great reminder where people can improve their leadership styles and care more about others in the process. I liked how he touched on how management tends to hire more people who align with their own shared values. This book was very interesting to read about how to handle authenticity.
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