Ten Tips for Being More Truthful

Barbara A. Lewis

Wife, mother, religious worker, national award-winning author and educator  

The Ten Tips

1. Make a commitment to tell the truth.
2. Tell someone about your commitment.
3. Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation, sarcasm, or reason.
4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.
5. Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.
6. Don't indulge in little white lies.
7. Watch out for silent lies.
8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.
9. Talk to yourself.
10. Treat yourself when you tell the truth.

Reflection:

Telling the truth is very important. As I have written in my previous blogs being honest is key to many things. Honesty does not only benefit us but those around us as well. There are small ways that we can improve our honesty such as the tips by Barbara Lewis. The tips can benefit me by slowly removing some of the bad habits that I have and by improving my honesty. For example, sometimes I may not even realize it but I might be exaggerating a story too much. That is when I can apply the tip of being careful with exaggeration. Also when we keep quiet at a question that can be a silent lie and I know that many of us do it. The ten tips are very important to live because honesty applies in many of the aspects of our everyday lives like at school and at work. It is important that we are honest not only to ourselves and those around us but to everybody we encounter even if we do not get along with them. Sometimes the truth can cause harm but not being honest can cause even more harm in the long run. I will incorporate the ten tips by achieving my goals through honesty.