I was listening to a podcast about leadership earlier today and the guest was talking about being yourself.  She used this phrase that really struck me.  I paused the podcast and wrote it down.  I didn’t want to forget this simple, yet profound idea.  I spent the better part of my 20s trying to figure out who I wanted to be.  Which interests would I embrace and which would I leave behind?  I would speak of my “core self” as if that was a solid piece of rock that never moved.  I tested the boundaries of my beliefs and I…