The Person Behind The Performance - Episode 14

The Person Behind The Performance This episode introduces one of the most important ideas in the whole series, the difference between front stage, the version of me the world sees, and backstage, who I actually am when nobody is watching. Ray and I got into Erving Goffman's idea that we are all performers on some level, and I opened up about my own childhood, my dyslexia diagnosis, and a lifetime spent quietly looking for validation from outside myself rather than from within. In this episode: Erving Goffman's idea that everyday life is really a kind of performance Front stage, what the world sees, and backstage, the conversation only I hear Jane Elliott's classroom experiment, and how quickly arbitrary labels can shape self worth Four questions Ray asks people, who are you, what is your value, who do you serve, how do you serve My own dyslexia diagnosis, and a lifelong search for validation I did not even know I was doing Pull quote: "If we leave our backstage dormant and non-intentional, then the front stage informs our backstage." Come and join me and Ray for Episode 15, where we take this idea from theory into practice and start designing our own backstage. Follow us here. Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petecohen_/ Subscribe to The STOP 2 THINK Newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/stop-2-think-newsletter-7474223126868918272/ Follow Ray on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drraysylvester/ Watch Hannah's Story: https://petecohen.com/hannah Visit Pete's website: https://petecohen.com/