Tag: Dishonesty

Always Be Honest With Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘Honesty is a practice you undertake as a lifelong pursuit of being, rather than an ad hoc criterion weighing on a certain decision.’

‘Dishonesty often works for a time, just as the wax-hewn wings of Icarus helped him soar close to the sun. But just as Icarus learned that the penalty for flying without the proper ingredients can be quite severe, so, too, can practicing dishonesty long term.’

‘Dishonesty is a sneaky threat; one step toward deception can hurt you just as much as the big, glaring lies from those deceitful examples.’

‘Compounded, these small, oft-hidden lies are just as dangerous as billion-dollar deceptions– not only because you might get caught but also because you lose the opportunity to find the truth and all the doors to innovation and advancement that the truth naturally opens.’

‘Time and time again, we followed the path of dishonest gains. And sometimes, instead of disapproving of our deceit, society allowed and even incentivized our dishonest natures- especially if a few influencial souls stood to make a profit.’

‘Someday soon, the window for using lies to get ahead will permanently close. That is approaching more quickly than some unscrupulous leaders would care to admit.’

‘Every challenge your business faces, in every department, is an opportunity in disguise, waiting for you to figure out the win-win-win solution.’

‘Honesty isn’t a cost; it’s an investment that will drive better products, experiences, sales, marketing, finance, culture, and more.’

‘Being honest about what you’re selling, how you’re selling it, and what buyers want out of the buying experience-will lay the foundation for an exceptional outcome every single time.’

‘We must obliterate our self-inflicted roadblocks by changing our behaviors and the behaviors of those around us, which takes either political savvy or brutal truth.’

‘You can’t hear what you’re trying to tell yourself unless you learn to block out the noise and home in on your true identity.’

Source:

Peter Kozodoy (2020). Honest to Greatness: How Today’s Greatest Leaders- Use Brutal Honesty- To Achieve Massive Success

The Power Of Honesty: Own Your Story

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth, Recruit The Best

‘If you cannot tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.’- Virginia Woolf

Be honest with yourself. Tell the truth. No matter where you are, what is going on, if you want to experience peace in your life, you must be honest with yourself.

Do not deceive yourself. Don’t make things up. Tell the world about yourself.

Do not be scared to talk about yourself. If you do not do it, someone else will do it for you.

Do not let that happen. Because you are enough. Because you have what it takes to tell your own story. You are strong enough, smart enough, to write your own story.

If you are not writing your own story, someone else is writing it.

If you want to read the correct story about yourself, you must write it yourself. You must own your story.

That is what honesty is. Honesty is when you have the courage to accept your life, when you are NOT scared to talk about your mistakes, your failures, your successes, and your dreams.

Tell it. Say something about yourself. You know who you are, what you have done, what you are doing, and where you want to be. We don’t know what you are thinking, but you know what you are thinking right now.

We don’t know what you are planning to do next, but you know where you are going. We do not know what you have done in the past, but you know what you have done in the past, and where you have been. You know everything about your life.

When you are comfortable with yourself, when you are comfortable with your mistakes your failures, they can’t control you anymore.

That is one of the benefits of being honest with yourself, with others. When you are honest with yourself, you are free. Honesty means freedom.

Because you do not have anything to hide. You are free. You are free because you are not afraid to talk about your life.

You are comfortable with yourself, no matter where you are. That is what people want. People want to deal with real people, people who have nothing to hide.

When you are who you are, no one can control you. Because you do not have anything to hide.

The question is, ‘Are you living your life?’