Ten Tips for Being more Truthful
Barbara A. Lewis
Wife, Mother, Religious worker, national award-winning author and educator
The Ten Tips
- Make a commitment to tell the truth.
- Tell someone about your commitment.
- Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation, sarcasm, or reason.
- Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.
- Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.
- Don't indulge in little white lies.
- Watch out for silent lies.
- When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.
- Talk to yourself.
- Treat yourself when you tell the truth
The first two tips for being more truthful are to make a commitment to tell the truth and tell someone about your commitment. This is very important because it shows that you are serious about becoming more truthful with yourself. Being truthful means you always tell the truth and when you do that more people will have faith in you because you never lie and they will trust you. It is very important to know the extend of your sarcasm because you might take it too far without knowing. You have to also be very careful when you use exaggeration and irony because they can hurt peoples feels. It is always important to tell the truth about everything. If you leave part of the truth out then you are being dishonest and if you twist the truth you are making a lie that can hurt people. If you always tell the truth about everything people will know that you are honest and you will like you more as a person because they know that you can be trusted. Once people know that you can be trusted they will have confidence that you will keep a secret and always tell the truth no matter what.
