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We will feature "best of" content from the Crucial Skills archive through the end of July. Today’s article was originally published in 2017.
Why “Brutal Honesty” Isn’t Honest at All
by Justin Hale

I get a little tired of dancing around issues. People want me to beat around the bush or butter them up before I come down hard on them. It's not my problem if they don't want to hear the truth. I'm just someone who tells it like it is, and sometimes that's tough for people.

Signed,
Brutally Honest

Sometimes, it seems easiest to say what you're thinking and feeling instead of filtering your thoughts and comments. But, as honest as you think you are, I'm guessing your current delivery isn't actually as honest as it could be. I believe you're holding back some honesty in an effort to be a little "brutal," as you stated. I'll give a little advice here to help you be even more honest—incredibly honest. But not in the way you might think.
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If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.
 
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