Scrolling through LinkedIn and thinking, "No! I don't want to be that." I dont want to be a picture perfect thumbnail of airbrushed success. I don't want to be a photoshopped flyer people scroll past. I don't want to be mainstream, corporate-coated, power-posed arms-crossed on a glossy finish. I want to be a real person...while being "best in class". I want to be unpolished, unrehearsed, unscripted and still "most influential." I want to be seen, felt, heard and relatable, not fake famous. Not "look at me" impersonate celeb-culture and follow me fan-baiting. Not parroting corporate speak, catch phrases, fancy colloquialisms to say basic shit. Not on an assembly line of plastic personalities....This is my love hate relationship with social media and the blemish free world of avatars.

Is there any room for real at the top? ...read more