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The Truth Will Always Bubble To The Top

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.

When would you like the people around you to discover the truth?


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  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2009 at 8:33 PM

    The truth can be difficult but always worth standing by. Once you know what the truth really is. So often its open to interpretation.

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