The Way of Adventure
An Unconventional Online Course for Young People

Authenticity

Okay, to recap:

  1. To live an adventurous life, you need a mission.
  2. Your mission depends on your definition of success.
  3. But success is tricky to define, because each of us is full of introjects — other people’s ideas of what’s important — that lead us to question whether our intentions are really our own.

Which leads us to our big question:

How do you lead a life of authentic intentions?

Being “authentic” means that your actions and beliefs are aligned. When you do something, you believe in what you’re doing. It feels right.

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So the road to authenticity — hence the road to adventure — is to figure out what you believe and then act accordingly.

Unfortunately, that’s terrible advice.

Uh-oh!