Here are six signs you live life according to your true self

最陣子，我反思一下自己是否很高調，因為我放很多家庭照上FB。我想，放相上FB其實沒有什麼好處，竟然我放那麼多相有什麼意義，而家，過太高調的生活，始終有危機，因為未必人人都喜歡你，處理得不好，就會惹人生厭，甚至會拿我上載的資訊來攻擊我。

後來看到這篇文章，是的，應該有自己的信念，我放相上FB的原意是跟好友分享，也跟別人分享正面的思想，既然認為這是對的事，就應該勇往直前，勇者無懼。或著，有時用詞不洽當，遭誤會，不代表我做的事是錯，應該更正一下，但不要因此放棄。

是的，我只是想跟親友們分享快樂！

1. You have high self-esteem.

Too much is not good because that’s the narcissism (自戀的) range, that’s the arrogant (自大的), prideful (自豪的) range,"

"Too little is not good; you want something solid in the middle. So genuine people are those who have solid self-esteem -- it’s solid, it’s consistent, it’s not brittle. And people who have solid self-esteem are much less defensive about things usually. They can feel authentic, they can be authentic, because they’re far less worried about the implications of exposing who they are, because they feel OK about who they are."

2. You embrace vulnerability (弱點)

"The stronger your self-esteem, the more able you are to admit that you’re failing, to receive criticism, to be able to receive negative feedback without it making you crumble," Winch says about the importance of maintaining such flexibility. "You can actually take on criticism, negative feedback, something not great about you, something that you don’t love about yourself, and it doesn’t really devastate you. It’s something you can admit, you can hope to work on or just take in, but it doesn’t affect your whole way of thinking about yourself."

3. You share your true thoughts, beliefs and opinions with the world.

Authentic people not only take the time to ponder(衡量)their perspective on life and the experiences that led them there, but they easily share this "true self" with others around them.

Being genuine consistently goes hand-in-hand with being emotionally stable and intellectual.

4. You openly give and receive compliments (恭維).

When it comes to expressing gratitude to others, genuine people follow a similar path of not overthinking it.

"You want to reinforce people," he said. "It’s really merit-based. You’re doing it just because it's merited, and that comes across when you do it in a pure way, when you’re simply delighted that somebody did well and you compliment them."

5. You really listen -- and prefer deep conversations.

Genuine people find it easier to let go of distractions and focus intently in a conversation simply because they are truly interested in what the other person has to say. They aren't constantly checking their smartphone for text messages or letting their mind wander off to the day's to-do list. Everything else falls by the wayside.

6. You're driven by an inner voice rather than your surroundings.

 One of the key components of authenticity is simply (or not so simply) knowing who you are and being comfortable with yourself. It requires taking the time to develop informed ideas about the things you care about, and not blindly adopting them from others around you. It is with this foundation that you are able to live those values -- stand behind them, represent them and feel strongly about them.