Five Principles for Authentic Living

Robert developed his original approach to personal, interpersonal, and organizational expansion and transformation after an intensive decade of meditation, self-inquiry, and inner realization. Since then, he has used his profoundly simple, powerful, and effective approach to authentic living and speaking to help people generate enlightening insights and enlivening actions.

For more than 20 years, Robert has carved a distinctive international reputation as a groundbreaking speaker, author, leadership advisor, and self-awareness teacher. Moving easily between diverse roles and communities, Robert carries with him the secrets to his success: five principles of authentic living. Robert has field tested these five principles — ten words — in almost every conceivable situation. They work. He calls these five principles set out in ten words The Authenticity Accelerator.

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Authentic Living

"I believe we all want to be authentic: to live a vibrant, meaningful life, one in which we can dream big and make things happen. We want to express ourselves truthfully and fearlessly, to relate with intimacy and vulnerability, to fulfill our sense of purpose, to choose work we care about and to do it well. We want to live inspired lives, learning and growing as we go, generously sharing our love, creativity, and unique talents.

I believe that life is a miraculous thing, and to truly celebrate this blessing we want to light up the world with that inner spark of magic that is ours alone — our authentic self. I believe in a wholehearted life, well-lived, with plenty of awareness. I believe in our inner greatness, and I know that we can give life and voice and form to this inner greatness if we will only experience and express what is authentically us, and ours.

I fiercely believe that human beings are innately capable of being creative, powerful, brilliant, daring, wildly expressive … and so much more. We’ve just got to let it out. We've just got to speak with courage and with confidence in our own self. We've got to tell the truth, our truth, the one that only we can speak, only we can say, and when we say it we set ourselves free to live the magnificent life that is ours to live. This is authenticity, and to live this way is to live a truly authentic life.

The understanding and application of these five principles of authentic living will quickly and radically alter our entire way of being. As we begin to live authentically, as we reinvent our lives from the context of these ten words, we will supercharge our capacity to create a truly meaningful and purposeful life, to work with enthusiasm and effectiveness, to maintain open and honest relationships, and to speak with courage and confidence. This is true for any person who has a sincere desire to live with truth and transparency, regardless of status or sector, circumstance or condition."

— Robert Rabbin