Prevent a mistake from turning into a failure — Stay Honest
The only thing worse than a liar is a thief. Liars make life difficult and often do not realize the effects of their actions. Once we lie, we have to be covering our tracks and watching our backs and thus turn into unhappy people!
The negativity in this world forces us to become dishonest and lie around. This is toxic and we should completely avoid that! Quit this behavior while you are ahead. Just think about the possible outcomes of a single act of dishonesty:
• Permanent damage to your reputation
• Permanent damage to your relationships
• Loss of income
• Loss of self-respect
• Permanently damaging the reputation of another individual
• Feeling guilty almost at all times
• Loss of sleep
• Loss of trust
If you research the word honesty, you find synonyms such as honor, sincerity, fairness, integrity, uprightness, virtue, and truthfulness.
Well, Being honest requires more than not lying when in a difficult situation. Being honest requires being morally correct in all things. In other words, we gain the trust of those around us, by means of our actions. But honesty is a very tricky thing.
A good rule that you can make for yourself if you are unsure if an act is honest or no, is whether you have to hide it or fool someone into believing you did otherwise. If you need to hide or cover your actions after doing or saying something, you are probably not being honest.
The benefits of being honest far exceed any challenges you may understand as a result of this course. Think of the peace of mind of not having to rethink your every move or watching over your shoulder because you are constantly in fear of being found out.
Imagine waking up and not being burdened by the heavy guilt
as a result of your actions. And don’t be fooled into thinking that no one benefits from your honesty. It is an effortless act to become attracted to and to respect someone who is honest. Most employers include this quality as being of the utmost importance when seeking new recruits or considering a possible promotion of someone within their organization.
Being honest does not mean that we should enlist all of our confidential details to everyone who is trying to peek into our business. Instead, we should not keep relevant information from individuals who deserve a truthful answer.
Being honest also means avoiding the various means that will pop up to get more than we deserve or leading someone to believe something about ourselves that is not true. There are, however, times when some of us might find ourselves in difficult situations because we are thought of as being too honest.
This is often the case when our words are not tempered with kindness.
My tomorrow’s article will help explore how “Kindness” as an attribute can help us avoid a lot of problems that can arise if our words are not tempered with compassion.
