
Even straight talk comes with volume control. Maybe you know one or two people who pride themselves on always being honest. But if we’re really honest, we know some of them just want an excuse to inflict pain. Nuance works well in every relationship, and it’s not the same thing as sugar-coating the truth. Reality isn’t black and white, or grey. It’s polka-dotted. Aim for strategic honesty.
…zing, but ever since it’s stepped into my mind, it’s captured my imagination in an interesting way. When we are born, biologically, we may not be a blank slate, but experientially, we are. Our field of consciousness has a direction that it is biased towards, but mostly, we can think of i…