12 January
2012
Written by Brian Martin
Be honest with yourself, and be honest with others.
Facing up to your own truths can be painful, but as you probably already know intuitively, not facing up to your truths strongly inhibits you from accomplishing what you truly desire.
It’s also hard to know yourself if you’re not honest with yourself, with all the consequences.
It’s your choice: face your truths and grow, or avoid your truths and be stuck.
The benefits of facing up to your own truths are considerable. You’ll be able to respect yourself for your courage, which in turn allows others to see your courage and to respect you for it, which in turn makes it possible for them to follow your lead, which ultimately helps you to accomplish the outcomes you want.
How willing would you be to give your precious energy to someone’s cause when you saw that they weren’t being honest with you?
Being honest is more challenging than it seems at first glance. For example, do you always live up to your word? If you say to someone “I’ll get back to you tomorrow”, do you always do so? Or did you ever tell your child you’d be at their school sports and then not show up? Every missed commitment counts. You notice when other people miss their commitments, and they notice when you do.
“You can deal with anything if you’ve got honesty, because from honesty comes trust and with trust you can communicate.”