<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The costume comes off gradually through honest... > The costume comes off gradually through honest speech, congruent action, creative risk, and relationships in which weakness is not immediately punished. Authenticity is built by evidence that the true self can survive being seen. **Source:** [[livestreams/Take Off the Costume — Authenticity, Dignity, and the Freedom to Be Yourself - Workbook|Take Off the Costume — Authenticity, Dignity, and the Freedom to Be Yourself]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The costume comes off gradually through honest speech, congruent action, creative risk, and relationships in which weakness is not immediately punished. Authenticity is built by evidence that the true self can survive being seen.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-costume-comes-off-survive-being-seen ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->