1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Claude Silver is Chief Heart Officer at VaynerMedia, where she's spent 12 years building culture under Gary Vaynerchuk, and author of the new book Be Yourself at Work: The Groundbreaking Power of Showing Up, Standing Out, and Leading from the Heart. In this conversation, Claude opens up about the 93-day wilderness expedition in the Colorado Rockies at age 19 that taught her she could choose the voice in her own head, a lesson that still shapes how she leads today. She and Eric dig into the real difference between authenticity and oversharing at work, why &quot;emotional optimism&quot; is the hardest skill for leaders to build, how she managed six months in a workplace that wasn't safe for her to be herself, and what Gary Vaynerchuk is actually like behind the public persona. They also trade honest stories about the personal cost of writing a book, for Claude, two years of COVID-era starts and stops; for Eric, a marriage that quietly took the hit while he wrote his own. This show is dedicated to Claude's journey, this conversation is what we make it. This is Counsel Culture. Learn more at&amp;nbsp;www.ericbrooker.com | https://www.claudesilver.com/ &amp;nbsp; Counsel Culture with Eric Brooker http://counselculture.libsyn.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/42377255/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/204953315