That's exactly what it's supposed to mean, I think. It's especially useful in the short term context (let's say you have an interview tomorrow): you don't have

That's exactly what it's supposed to mean, I think. It's especially useful in the short term context (let's say you have an interview tomorrow): you don't have enough time to pivot your personality, if you try, the judging person will read your inauthenticity as something fishy and you will increase your odds of missing out on your objective. But in so many contexts -especially in dating- it gets misinterpreted as long term advice "you are entitled for others to accept you as you are and/or eventually someone will accept you as you are, and your objective X will be met"