So what is the difference between being honest and just telling the truth?

Well, ultimately, it's about what truth you choose to tell.

Honesty is about choosing what I call the obvious truth—the most important, most real, most vulnerable, most epic thing currently occurring inside you—and nothing else.

No pre-scripting, no going around the obvious truth to find a safer thing to talk about. It's that elephant in the room that sometimes pops into your head—bringing that out.

In particular, it's about your choice when you get to that crossroads: you either choose protecting the outcome or getting the outcome; or, you choose integrity and being honest.

Being honest is about being willing to choose the second option and to lose the outcome in order to maintain your integrity.

That's the difference between being honest and just telling the truth.

Yeah, the thing you're worried about might happen.

There might be awkwardness.

You might lose the connection briefly with somebody.

You might hurt your reputation a little bit.

People might not like you.

You might not get the sale.

Those things can and will sometimes happen—nowhere near as often as you're worried they're going to happen—but definitely, sometimes, they will.

To dive deeper into this topic, check out the original video here:

https://youtu.be/dcJvGlhVKPM

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