Front Range Leadership
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We can run, but we can't hide from the truth
by Douglas Brent Smith
Do you always tell the truth?
Take your time with a question like that, because the answer is not always as clear as we may think. So many times we can bend the truth until it distorts and slips into an area we can't even see as untrue. If we're not careful we can even fool ourselves.
If we're not careful our attempts at hiding our frailties and issues becomes an inner marketing campaign of perpetual dimensions. It takes energy. It takes deception. And it can't last forever.
No matter how protected, guarded, shielded and practiced a lie may be, it can not survive forever. Eventually people find out whatever it is that your shielding. The truth will always bubble to the top.
High performance leaders make it a practice to tell the truth from the start. Even when it's difficult. Even when the facts may be open to interpretation. Dialogue requires a willingness to state your truth.
The truth takes courage. The truth requires clarity. When it is controversial or tough the truth takes compassion. But the truth will always emerge.
The truth will always bubble to the top. When would you like the people around you to discover the truth?
The Big Questions
What little lies have you been telling? What would happen if you clarified the truth on those to people who mattered?
How many times a day do you think that people lie to you? What can you do to sort thru to the truth?
Why do you think people lie? What assumptions are made that create falsehoods? What would happen if you worked to overcome these falsehoods?
Can you judge a truth without judging the person that the statement comes from? What if you did?
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