Truth-telling
You must be born again
Our belief system is the truth we decide to live by. It is likely that when we decide to change our mind about an important matter, we must simultaneously modify a fundamental belief or value by which we identify ourself.
Fools explained
As Mark Twain observed, “It’s easier to to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
Ask Adam and Eve about truth or consequences
This is the way lies go. The innocent suffer for the ego of the liar and the lies he tells for his self-interest. It’s an eternal problem as long as there are those who want to believe the lie.
Avoid the scoffer
The scoffer ridicules, belittles, and bullies his adversaries, trash-talking their ideals and values out of his own arrogance and pride.
There is no trust without truth-telling
If something or someone makes a claim about itself, we must believe it to be as it claims so we can act with confidence regarding it.
Line up with the truth
With reliable information it’s easy to tell whether the truth is being accurately presented. Those not aligned with the truth are off course.
Build a culture of truth telling
The rank and file follow the lead set by the leaders to whom they are either loyal or afraid of, or both.
Stop kidding yourself
The first truth to accept is that admitting we can do better is not admitting that we are less than or that we are a personal failure as a human being.
Learn the difference between belief and truth
Factual truth that can be proved by evidence does not depend on whether one chooses to believe it. While belief, no matter how sincere, is entirely within the will of an individual to accept it.
Courage is the faith you did not know you had until you needed it
Courage is intentional. Knowing to do the right thing and acting righteously, understanding the personal consequences, but taking the action to make things better in the face of risk.
You cannot be self-actualized by following the crowd
There is something inside us that compels us to strive to reach our highest potential. That appetite is fed by the notion that we can be better, or more, than we are now.
Develop a blindspot alert
We rely on our five empirical senses to find our way around in the world. We have invented work arounds to correct impairments, but only to a point. We must become alert to our gaps in noticing information we have missed.