http://escapingmediocrity.disqus.com/enMon, 16 May 2011 05:26:20 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-204392289<p> Try this <a href="http://www.thesaurus.net" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.thesaurus.net">free online thesaurus</a> to replace the word  'authentic'. Maybe this service will help you.</p>Jim BustoMon, 16 May 2011 05:26:20 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084926<p>I kinda like "real." Simple, tried-and-true, accurate and it is, well, real. <br>xo ~ Alli</p>Allison NazarianWed, 24 Feb 2010 20:12:29 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-21234933<p>I missed this when you first posted it 6 weeks ago. Lucky me now!, I have the benefit of nearly 100 additional insights. While I agree with Jeff Hurt and everyone else who has said "authenticity" has firm solid roots that overuse or loose use can't destroy, this search for alternatives is refreshing. Communication always happens in a context, and thinking about that is a helpful reality check that helps me keep the expression of ideas fresh. It makes me consider not only what I want to say but how I effectively share that with anyone else. I've found myself looking for substitutes in the circles where "authentic" has become common currency, deflated if not devalued as a cultural cliché already. I want to be be careful that I don't let "authentic" (or "excellence," "transparency," "friend" or even "conversation") become a password label for an unfocused ideal or unmindful action.</p><p>On the other hand - "authentic" is a word I've used for many years with my children to mean "true to oneself." In fact I looked back to read the exchange you inspired because of a conversation today with my son , now 21. In our many conversations, the word has gathered lot of context there too: used in conjunction with "listen to your heart" doing what is "right" "fair" "honest." "Aauthentic" and "authenticity" haven't lost meaning for us, only become richer through experience and exploration- defining our understanding of choices we make when speaking to the integrity of action and ethic. (It doesn't tame, but it does help steer essential, creative but wildly unruly passion.) We've never given up on the word in that context, and it seems to have held up quite well after all these years.</p>Diane CourtMon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:57 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084616<p>I missed this when you first posted it 6 weeks ago. Lucky me now!, I have the benefit of nearly 100 additional insights. While I agree with Jeff Hurt and everyone else who has said "authenticity" has firm solid roots that overuse or loose use can't destroy, this search for alternatives is refreshing. Communication always happens in a context, and thinking about that is a helpful reality check that helps me keep the expression of ideas fresh. It makes me consider not only what I want to say but how I effectively share that with anyone else. I've found myself looking for substitutes in the circles where "authentic" has become common currency, deflated if not devalued as a cultural cliché already. I want to be be careful that I don't let "authentic" (or "excellence," "transparency," "friend" or even "conversation") become a password label for an unfocused ideal or unmindful action.</p><p>On the other hand - "authentic" is a word I've used for many years with my children to mean "true to oneself." In fact I looked back to read the exchange you inspired because of a conversation today with my son , now 21. In our many conversations, the word has gathered lot of context there too: used in conjunction with "listen to your heart" doing what is "right" "fair" "honest." "Aauthentic" and "authenticity" haven't lost meaning for us, only become richer through experience and exploration- defining our understanding of choices we make when speaking to the integrity of action and ethic. (It doesn't tame, but it does help steer essential, creative but wildly unruly passion.) We've never given up on the word in that context, and it seems to have held up quite well after all these years.</p>Diane CourtMon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:57 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085985<p>I missed this when you first posted it 6 weeks ago. Lucky me now!, I have the benefit of nearly 100 additional insights. While I agree with Jeff Hurt and everyone else who has said "authenticity" has firm solid roots that overuse or loose use can't destroy, this search for alternatives is refreshing. Communication always happens in a context, and thinking about that is a helpful reality check that helps me keep the expression of ideas fresh. It makes me consider not only what I want to say but how I effectively share that with anyone else. I've found myself looking for substitutes in the circles where "authentic" has become common currency, deflated if not devalued as a cultural cliché already. I want to be be careful that I don't let "authentic" (or "excellence," "transparency," "friend" or even "conversation") become a password label for an unfocused ideal or unmindful action.</p><p>On the other hand - "authentic" is a word I've used for many years with my children to mean "true to oneself." In fact I looked back to read the exchange you inspired because of a conversation today with my son , now 21. In our many conversations, the word has gathered lot of context there too: used in conjunction with "listen to your heart" doing what is "right" "fair" "honest." "Aauthentic" and "authenticity" haven't lost meaning for us, only become richer through experience and exploration- defining our understanding of choices we make when speaking to the integrity of action and ethic. (It doesn't tame, but it does help steer essential, creative but wildly unruly passion.) We've never given up on the word in that context, and it seems to have held up quite well after all these years.</p>Diane CourtMon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086001<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 15:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084923<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 15:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-16422002<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.</p><p>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p><p></p>Gina Loree' MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 10:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085996<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 09:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084920<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 09:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-19898150<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".<br></p>Gina Loree&#39; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085993<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085988<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084917<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169084608<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.<br><br>I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:55 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086019<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086016<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086013<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086010<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169086007<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085980<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085977<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085973<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085969<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000https://escaping-mediocrity.com/sorta-authenticity/#comment-169085965<p>Oh good question. I have stopped using it too, as I saw the same marketing exploitation of it, thereby rendering it practically meaningless. I even changed my tagline, which referred to 'stepping into your power'.. blabbity blah... had meaning at the time, but somehow lost it.I think for me, just trying to be real, assuming that others trying to be real, is a given. Maybe it's because of the circles I run in, but it seems to me that as a culture, we are becoming fed up with facades and glossiness. We're reaching critical mass in our search for authenticity and real meaning, and longing not just to be ourselves, but to be accepted as such... to promote 'authenticity' just seems superfluous, and so obviously a marketing term. Kinda like "green".</p>Gina Loree&#039; MarksFri, 11 Sep 2009 08:41:00 -0000