I tend to put on opposite ends of the spectrum being strategic and authentic. Authentic interactions with people at work generally are better for everybody if y

I tend to put on opposite ends of the spectrum being strategic and authentic. Authentic interactions with people at work generally are better for everybody if you are in an environment that is compatible with that. Many environments are not so you have to be more reserved and strategic about what you say and how you interact with people. Being authentic with people outside of work is not terrible advice. Allowing people to know you are having some emotion such as happiness or fear or sadness allows people become closer to you and you to them. Mr Rogers talked a lot about that—expressing how you feel about things. I think many people misconstrue mr Rogers to be all about the “you are special” thing. But his target demographic was kids who likely were not that well off and had not great family lives. Having somebody who tells you that you are not a piece of trash probably helped a lot of kids.