It's the first time in my life I've removed even a piece of my carefully constructed armor.

But miraculously, I don't feel weak.

I don't feel wounded.

I feel more alive than I have in ever. I start to see how sharing vulnerability in the right place at the right time with the right, can actually accelerate, can actually deepen friendships, not drive them away.

Keith Farazi is the author of a classic book about working relationships called Never Eat Alone.

At his company, Farazi Greenlight, he coaches organizations on new practices, mindsets and behaviors

to transform them from within. His latest book, Competing in the New World of Work,

explores the workplace innovations that have emerged during the pandemic. But before he became an

expert on working relationships, Keith builds emotional armour around himself, to hide his

background, his ambitions, even his true feelings.

In today's meditative story, he shares his story of building that armour, and then slowly

learning to dismantle it, piece by piece.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music, and mindfulness prompts,

so that we may see our lives reflected back to us in other people's stories.

And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.

From Wait What?

This is meditative story.

I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed.

The body relaxed. The body breathing.

Your senses open.

Your mind open.

Meeting the world. I'm lying on the red-shad carpet in my bedroom.

...