Radical Honesty Infomercial (Part One) http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related





Radical Honesty Infomercial (Part Two) http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related





Radical Honesty Infomercial (Part Three)


http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related





And Nothing But The Truth… 7 minute documentary about Radical Honesty founder Brad Blanton


http://www.youtube.com/wa...x-OVdTkwvA

it has been my experience in life that honesty is not always the best policy

XxAxX said:

it's all about tiny fine lines

I think


I guess

XxAxX said:

horatio said:

ok fine! you there! hitting me on the head with a chair! that SUCKS!

honest enough?

horatio said:

LIAR

XxAxX said:

Heartbreaking to agree with you there.

I burned alot of bridges with few closed ones(family and non-family) because of honesty.

Thats why I believe in the saying "A smart man(person) tells 1/2 of what he knows" now. And the fact that you may not fix any error by telling the truth, sometimes you have to let folks figure it out on their own.

So when people seek the truth from all y'all do you ...

( let's say it's really not a nice answer or you think it will harm things more then serve for the better )


1 - just tell white lies ?

2 - just not reply ?

3 - blend a bit of truth with lies ?



some serious discussion on this would be nice here



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[Edited 12/16/08 7:25am]

thing is, you'd know i'm lying/hiding something even before i open my mouth. so my thing is: be damn quick and make up another bad yet harmless truth

Depends on the person, if I know they can take it, I'll tell it If they're strangers, I use #3.

Despite my last reply, I can't fully lie, its not in my blood,,,,,but I learned to tone it down just a tad bit.

Im not gonna say I always tell the truth because I dont.

But sometimes people NEED to hear it! I tell the truth 90% of the time. And because of that, my family and friends come to me when they want an honest answer. Its crazy because not all of it is good and sometimes im tempted...VERY tempted to lie to them just to either A) get them out of my face OR B) not to see them hurt/cry etc. But I stop and think and tell them what they wanna know.

mom said:

PricelessHo said:

Mach said:

I didn’t watch the video.
But overall it depends on the situation. As my mother always said, if you don’t have something nice to say, keep your mouth shut. I mostly try to live by that. If the info I have is going to hurt someone and not do anyone any good by sharing, I’ll keep it to myself.

If I’m asked my honest opinion on something, I give it, but I think it’s possible to remain tactful and polite, even if the news isn’t good.

I think blunt honesty can be useful in certain situations too, sure, but you have to know your audience.

Mach said:

i try to always tell the truth, but when the truth is awkward i do not promise to tell the WHOLE truth, or even part of the truth until i absolutely must. therein lies the difference.

for example if i think that the sweater worn by my friend is truly ugly, i don't say that. i keep my mouth shut.

if my friend asks specifically what i think of the way the sweater looks on her i avoid/evade the topic as long as i can ("that sweater certainly looks warm", "someone went to a lot of trouble to knit that sweater didn't they?") and when avoidance is not possible i will tell part of the truth, that part which is not hurtful ("i think your blue sweater is a little more flattering than that one")

XxAxX said:

agreed...

sad but true.

This seems perfect for people that get off on insulting others, but a little too radical for practical application.

The married 40 year old with 3 kids wearing the awful sweater? Do you really need to tell her that sweater is shit when asked? What action would that spur her to that would be a benefit? She goes out gets some hot clothes, becomes a cougar, cheats and loses her husband and kids. You could have just left her happy and those kids would still have a mother.

Mars23 said:

Exactly!!

Radical honesty does more harm than damage.

And if it were employed on the org, it would ruin all the fun. The photowhore threads would come to a screeching halt.



As for your example :

XxAxX said:

Yeah, getting the only works for me if it's coming form Ocean... it suck s if its from other people...

Mach said:

To me, it depends on who I'm talking to...if I don't know you, I'll be more inclined to tell a lil' white lie....If I don't like you, double barrel blast, with a side order of mean if necessary...however, if it's someone that I care about or love, the situation then becomes the catalyst....especially since I've had my moments and lied like a Persian rug about it...in retrospect, honesty after the fact sucks worse than lying in the first place...because then, not only are you admitting your mistakes, but you also have the baggage of "why did you lie about it?" to contend with as well....