Ten Tips for Being More Truthful

Barbara A. Lewis

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.

These ten tips help us become a more truthful person because it breaks down and analyzes 10 ways on how we can improve. This post describes how you should make a commitment about telling the truth and to think before say something. It also talks about how you should be careful on how you use sarcasm or irony. This is important because there is a time and place for all this and if you get use to using sarcasm mostly all the time you can probably say it in the wrong time. Another example given above is to tell the full truth and not to work your way around lies, make sure you dont leave anything out. Whenever you tell yourself the truth make sure you treat yourself, and if you ever catch yourself lying make sure you admit it and say the truth. Telling the truth is a CTR person because you are being honest. Honestly is very important, as we learned in the The Pyramid Of Success, because if you are a dishonest person no one will ever have trust in you.