Ryan Leak

But for some odd reason,

No, I don't get the polished people.

I don't get the highlight reel version of human beings.

I get the honest version.

And here's what I've learned.

People are not doing nearly as well.

as their LinkedIn profile might suggest.

People are not doing nearly as well as their Christmas photo might tell you otherwise.

People are not doing nearly as well as their vacation Instagram post might otherwise sell you on this belief that life is just a beach in their world.

That's not the case.

And what I have come to learn

from hundreds and thousands of conversations is that behind every difficult person is a difficult story.

In college, I was exposed to a rather interesting book at Barnes & Noble.

And there's a website and there's been different versions of this book that comes out in a variety of different ways every couple of years, I think.

It's called Post-Secret.

PostSecret.

It's created by Frank Warren.

Interestingly enough, he started this over a decade ago where people would anonymously mail in postcards with secrets that they had never told anyone.

No names.

but also no filters, just raw truth.