{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Adaptive Futures","title":"Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic on “Don’t Be Yourself” and Why Authenticity is Overrated | Adaptive Futures Live","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/00b9beb9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3151,"description":"Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Breaking the Four Authenticity Traps\n\nPsychologist, author, and innovator Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic joins Al Adamsen to rethink what “authenticity” really means at work. Drawing on his new book Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity Is Overrated (and What to Do Instead), Tomas unpacks the Four Authenticity Traps, why “bring your whole self to work” can backfire, and how to lead with self-awareness, situational awareness, and integrity. We also explore inclusion, identity, and how to give and receive feedback in ways that build trust rather than erode it.\n\nWhat You’ll Learn\nThe Four Authenticity Traps, and why well-meant advice (e.g., “always be honest,” “don’t worry what others think,” “follow your values,” “bring your whole self to work”) can create new problems\nWhy authenticity is an attribution (how others experience you) and how EQ/strategic self-presentation builds trust and psychological safety\nThe role of boundaries, self-control, and situational awareness in modern leadership\nHow to avoid oversharing, process feedback like an adult, and use multi-source input (360s) to see your “reputation mosaic”\nPractical ways to “go against your nature” (learned behaviors > fixed traits) to become your future, better self\nEpisode Chapters (selected)\n0:00 — Welcome + why authenticity needs nuance\n1:15 — The origin of the book + when “being yourself” goes wrong\n3:26 — From Aristotle to Amy Edmondson: how we got here\n4:47 — Limits of “whole self at work” and the case for a professional self\n6:38 — What research actually measures as “authenticity”\n8:57 — Trust, safety, and why others decide if you’re authentic\n12:32 — Authenticity as privilege; power, status, and role-flexing\n14:40 — Self-complexity and expressing the relevant parts of you\n15:26 — Oversharing, boundaries, and learning from regret\n19:30 — The Four Traps in detail (honesty, caring what others think, values, whole self)\n23:48 — Aim for the better future self, not a fixed past self\n28:00 —...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tHJxubG6VoQ3wyF1XZA3MgmorukhVIeeDH4CC3Nw1jw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84OTYz/NGE5ZWUwOGQwMjY0/MzczYTY0MzM2MDQ1/NTYxMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}