Authenticity / palatability

[Christopher kim]

patability

[pæˌlətəbiˈləti]

palatable (palatability 의 형용사

맛좋음

감칠맛

나는 종종 말도 안되는 가정을 하며 나 자신에게 실소 (失笑)를 금하지 못한다.

한국인은 물론 세계인들이 김치를 좋아하는데

김치의 주요 맛을 내는 소금이 소금 그대로 있어서

김치를 먹을 때마다 소금이 씹히면 김치맛은 제맛을 내지 못한다.

그래서 소금이 그 자신을 희생해야 김치를 비롯한 음식이 제맛을 낸다.

그래서 소금에 대한 성경의 교훈이 너무 빛난다

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness,

how can it be made salty again?

너희들은 세상의 소금이지만 소금이 그 맛을 읽으면

그것이 어찌 소금의 맛을 낼 수 있는가?

(Matthew / 마태복음 5:23)

성경 말씀에 나오는 성경 말씀 하나 더 ~

Is tasteless food eaten without salt?

소금 없이 맛없는 음식이 먹힐 수 있을까?

(Job / 욥 6:6)

그렇게 맛을 내는데 없어서는 안될 소금이라 해도

과도 섭취는 금물이다.

Judicious use of salt within permissible limits can increase the PATALABILITY of food.

허용되는 한도내의 소금의 신중한 소금 사용은

음식의 감칠맛을 증가시킬 수 있다.

김치가 세계적 사랑을 받고 있는 까닭 가운데

다음과 같은 것이 있다고 생각한다

 I think kimchi has both its immediate PALATABILITY and its broader long-term sustainability

나는 김치가 즉각적 맛 (겉절이)과 장기적 유지를 가지고 있다.

맛에 대한 흥미로운 사실 ~

소나 양과 같은 초식 동물에 무심히 먹히는 식물 (특히 풀)도 생각 (?)이 있다.

Plants especially grasses also differ in their PALATABILITY to herbivores.

식물들 특히 풀은 초식동물을 위해 다른 맛을 낸다.

맛 (특히 감칠맛)은 음식이나 식물 (植物)에게만 해당되는 것은 아니다.

I try to be such a PALATABLE person that everyone around me

feels comfortable

나는 그렇게 맛갈나서 주위에 있는 사람이 

안락함을 느끼기를 바라도록 노력한다.

California Eureka

Plants also differ in their PALATABILITY to herbivores.

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?

1. 소금을 치지 않은 싱거운 음식을 먹을 수 있겠느냐? 달걀 흰자위가 무슨 맛이 있겠느냐?

Mayonnaise's nutritional profile is a mix of both healthy and not-so-healthy aspects. While it contains healthy fats from oil and essential nutrients from egg yolks, it can also be high in calories and saturated fats. Moderation is key when consuming mayonnaise to avoid negative health impacts.

Stephen Friedman MA Psych
Leadership Learning and Growth
Move Aside Authenticity—Leadership Needs Purposefulness

Authentic leadership does not deliver the flexibility needed for effectiveness.
Posted December 18, 2023
Reviewed by Michelle Quirk

KEY POINTS

the craving for high fat, sugary foods is due to the palatability of these.

Why feed palatability matters in animal husbandry

Some growers speak highly of its palatability and nutrition.

사육자, 양육자

The palatability of a taste stimulus can be altered by conditioning.

The PALATABILITY of a taste stimulus can be altered by condition

Protein powders are the most popular and may have flavoring added for palatability.

Umami enhances the palatability of a wide variety of foods.

It may be wrong to assume feed palatability is less important for older animals than it is for younger ones.

Plants also differ in their palatability to herbivores.

초식 동

This, I think, is the key to both its immediate palatability and its broader long-term relevance.

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the effects of palatability on food intake in humans

Judicious use of salt within permissible limits can increase the palatability of food.

MSG is employed to increase the palatability of low-salt foodstuffs.

Palatability of its sweet and sour taste and rich nutrition.

She was such a palatable person that everyone in the room felt comfortable in her presence.

The grass is then sown and it is periodically burnt thereafter to improve palatability.

Calorie density is also part of the palatability equation — people just like those foods better,

The palatability of something is its quality of being tasty or acceptable in some other way. When you're baking a cake, its palatability is much more important than the way it looks.

The commonly understood "knowing and being true to oneself" can be a huge obstacle to effective leadership.

Authenticity is better viewed as something that guides versus a choice to be real or fake.
The crux of the issue lies in seeing the concept of authenticity as the opposite of self-control. It is not.
A room full of business leaders wants to learn how to help employees improve—to guide their success.

As is the case in almost all my leadership development programs, the discussion turns to self-management, and the tactic I reveal is to keep oneself in check.

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I might even have said (half-jokingly), “The last thing you want to do is to be completely honest!”

Out of the corner of the room, I heard a voice:

Palatable comes from palate, a word for the roof of the mouth, which itself comes from Latin palatum. The palate was once thought of as the seat of the sense of taste, so the word eventually came to mean "sense of taste," or broadly, "liking."

“That is not authentic! It sounds like people-pleasing!”

I stopped in my tracks. Frozen. Unable to speak for a moment (which rarely happens).

“Yes! It is people-pleasing. It is authentically working to be a leader who makes others feel good so that the others are more likely to accept input as opposed to being annoyed with the leader.”

Then I asked:

“And is something wrong with that?”

The workshop participant went on to explain that, based on what he had read from various self-proclaimed “thought leaders” online, people-pleasing contradicts authentic leadership.

This story illustrates the inherent paradox of these two leadership concepts. Can a leader aim to please and be authentic?

I am certain the opposite of people-pleasing is a bad idea (people angering?). And I’m quite sure that the opposite of authentic is unappealing as well (fake?). But what is the nuance missing here?

Unpacking Authenticity
The past few years have seen an explosion of writing on the topic of authentic leadership and, along with it, much praise and some concern.

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The praise for being "real" has its origins in philosophers like Sartre and Socrates, and continued into the age of early humanistic psychologists like Carl Rogers.

According to Rogers and others, we are inherently motivated to move toward our true selves and cultivate authenticity. These early explanations of authenticity involved being true to oneself in most situations.

While there is evidence that this conceptualization of authenticity is fundamental to our well-being, there is also evidence that any simple explanations of authenticity won’t serve us in our pursuit of this much-sought-after quality. Neither will blind acceptance of this as an unshakably efficacious leadership approach. What we see as authenticity is likely feelings as opposed to a measurable quality.

Landing on a concrete definition of authenticity in the context of leadership is indeed challenging. But, because it pertains to a quality of the self, it is likely imperceptible and unmeasurable. After all, how could a measure, let alone another person, see a true self and compare it to a representation of that self to the point where they could be compared to each other?

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The commonly understood meaning of "knowing and being true to oneself" can be a huge obstacle. It requires a broad, exhaustive, and improbable understanding of oneself. Who can say they are so self-aware as to determine that they are finished with this arguably lifelong goal? Done. Ticked that box.

When we choose to embrace a growth mindset, we see that we are continually growing and changing. Sticking to who we think we are in the spirit of authenticity may prevent the requirements of leadership development.

Of course, on the surface, authenticity comes across as a moral, admirable, and goal-worthy leadership approach. It sure sounds much better than the opposites that come to mind, like fake, phony, or deceptive. And even subjective feelings of authenticity are important to study despite the inherent complexities.

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Any leader would be wise to embrace any leadership approach that encourages us to be more "down to earth" or "real." Like many, I also see the authentic thing as massively alluring. In recent years, this allure has sparked an increased interest in authentic leadership and, with it, the throngs of pop theorists, gurus, and inspirational talks enthusiastically touting its importance.

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However, the well-intentioned, trendy, and seductive image of “The Disneyland-inspired good leader...moral peak performer…” is unrealistic at best and potentially misleading at worst.

Helpful or Not?
Perhaps, despite the worthy pursuit of authenticity generally, in the context of leadership, it is better viewed as something that guides and helps in the face of uncertainty, as opposed to a leadership choice, which may very well end up as a “…rigid definition of authenticity (that) can get in the way of effective leadership.”1

Imagine that you are not at your best. Maybe you are having a bad day. Maybe that enthusiastic intern is getting on your nerves, and you are on the verge of bluntly reacting. Or perhaps your tendency toward humility causes you to undersell an idea to the executive team and they don’t buy in.

In these situations, being authentic—in a literal sense—may not serve you. Scholars have noted that this may constitute “…a simplistic understanding of what it means can hinder your growth and limit your impact.”1 How? By becoming a convenient excuse for staying in that ubiquitous comfort zone.

The drive to exhibit authenticity might lead a leader to adopt an "I am what I am, and if you don’t like it..." approach to dealing with others. In other words, the social realities and norms of a workplace may make seemingly authentic leadership behaviours impossible, unrealistic, and ineffective. This might be because it gets lumped in with honesty. Honesty might be interpreted as spilling uncensored thoughts and feelings, while leadership requires tact, timing, kindness, and empathy.

As some scholars have noted, a propensity to “…lead authentically may be a subtle invitation not only to moral behaviour, but also to narcissism and other pathologies.”

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Choosing PurposefulnessSource: Dall-E/OpenAI
Purposefulness
Leaders and managers could be much better off leaning into adding value to interactions and attending to the long-accepted consideration structure of classical leadership theory. Authenticity, for its own sake, can seriously stifle the very real leadership requirement of self-monitoring and sensitivity to others.

Better yet, as I often suggest to clients and students, when we consider that leadership success depends on followers, it makes sense to embrace the complexity of authentic leadership: “authenticity and self-monitoring can be viewed as comprising both aspects of the self, with one concerned for the unique qualities of the self while the other is concerned for the self in relation to others.”

The paradox of authenticity and self-monitoring can be resolved by embracing complexity and adopting a third notion, purposefulness. Instead of clinging to the dichotomy, it is far better to adopt a more fluid, complex, and ultimately flexible notion of ourselves as leaders.

We are consistently broadening our roles throughout our lives, adding additional nuance and dimensions to our identities. So, there are several selves a leader can "stay true to." Success lies in choosing, on purpose, how to tap into the most useful one for the context. And this task is far more about self-control and choice than about an overly simplified notion of authenticity.