The Importance of Being Honest
Raihaan Essop
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST | Being HonestIt is common for people to dislike NOT having wealth, position and all the fancy trappings that show the world we are successful. Let’s be honest how many of us think that being a Pop Singer like???? or a Diva like Lady Gaga is so cool. Think of it - all the trappings that come with being a highly paid Pop Star, designer clothes, cars, house in Beverly Hills. Can you imagine it? How awesomeGreat huh! I know I will get myself at least 2 Lamborgini’s, A Ferrari and … But now for some reason that dream is over, will we still have the same willingness from others to fulfil our every need, hang onto every word we say and give us all the attention and affirmation we want and when we want it. Will we be happy if it was taken away? We need to be really honest with ourselves here! Will we still get the same respect if we found ourselves suddenly out of the limelight.Honesty – refers to truthfulness, integrity, sincerity and candour and these principles are vital to making effective changes and identifying who each of us really are and what it is we really want to achieve. When you lie about who you are or what you really believe in, you reinforce the idea that you need to pretend to be someone else or that you are not fundamentally "good enough". Worse you undermine virtually every key principle for self improvement, betterment, achievement of goals and most important “what it means to be yourself”If on some level you are afraid of the truth. Know that without being honest you may never really know what you are honestly capable of achieving. You may reach your goal and find yourself unhappier then you have ever been before. At that point you may realise that you still do not know who your true self is. To suddenly wake up at age 70 and realise that you have never really been honest with yourself could be leaving things a bit late and a restart could be quite difficult.Each of us have limitations for
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HONEST | Being HonestIt is common for people to dislike NOT having wealth, position and all the fancy trappings that show the world we are successful. Let’s be honest how many of us think that being a Pop Singer like???? or a Diva like Lady Gaga is so cool. Think of it - all the trappings that come with being a highly paid Pop Star, designer clothes, cars, house in Beverly Hills. Can you imagine it? How awesomeGreat huh! I know I will get myself at least 2 Lamborgini’s, A Ferrari and … But now for some reason that dream is over, will we still have the same willingness from others to fulfil our every need, hang onto every word we say and give us all the attention and affirmation we want and when we want it. Will we be happy if it was taken away? We need to be really honest with ourselves here! Will we still get the same respect if we found ourselves suddenly out of the limelight.Honesty – refers to truthfulness, integrity, sincerity and candour and these principles are vital to making effective changes and identifying who each of us really are and what it is we really want to achieve. When you lie about who you are or what you really believe in, you reinforce the idea that you need to pretend to be someone else or that you are not fundamentally "good enough". Worse you undermine virtually every key principle for self improvement, betterment, achievement of goals and most important “what it means to be yourself”If on some level you are afraid of the truth. Know that without being honest you may never really know what you are honestly capable of achieving. You may reach your goal and find yourself unhappier then you have ever been before. At that point you may realise that you still do not know who your true self is. To suddenly wake up at age 70 and realise that you have never really been honest with yourself could be leaving things a bit late and a restart could be quite difficult.Each of us have limitations for