You can feel it immediately — the noise drops, the performance stops, and something in you exhales.
Truth doesn’t always vibe. Sometimes it limps, misses the note, or shows up unshaven.
We’ve been trained to treat positivity like performance: if you’re not smiling, you’re failing. But authenticity doesn’t need choreography.
This week I was at the piano writing We’re The Real Thing — a song for my upcoming keynote. And the take that hit hardest wasn’t perfect. It cracked.
That crack was the truth. The note that reminds you the singer’s alive.
There was a time I’d sit for hours trying to get it right — writing, recording, polishing. I hardly sit at the piano anymore.
I’m not trained. And my mission isn’t to entertain.
That’s not a loss — it’s an evolution.
Because I’m no longer writing, singing, or being funny for me.
Last week, on the Marketers Cruise, I found my mojo again. And it wasn’t being the best singer in the room (I never was). It wasn’t being the best standup comic. It wasn’t being the most polished speaker.
As I remind my clients: each of us leads a category of one.
My mojo is in being Hersh.
So maybe stop polishing your “good vibes”… and start practicing real ones.
Being human beats being happy — every single time. Being human is success.
🎹 Truth Tastes Funny: An Amusical Experience — coming soon.
What’s one “flaw” that actually made your message stronger?