#231: Change your mind not your truth
Have you changed your mind lately? Good!
When things change as fast as they do currently, we should all update our thinking and understanding. But that does not mean we should change our values and who we are.
Here’s an example of what I mean. A woman in an Indian court was rebuked by a judge for giving false testimony because it differed from what she told the court the previous week. She replied that this week she is a different person and that if she had given the same testimony again, then she would have been false.
The problem, of course, is that being a different person today is not the way to build trust. To build trust requires that you constantly and consistently present who you really are, your truth, so that everybody knows what to expect of you.
Alignment between what you say and what you do over time is the basis of trust. By all means, change your mind, but not your truth.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2008 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
When things change as fast as they do currently, we should all update our thinking and understanding. But that does not mean we should change our values and who we are.
Here’s an example of what I mean. A woman in an Indian court was rebuked by a judge for giving false testimony because it differed from what she told the court the previous week. She replied that this week she is a different person and that if she had given the same testimony again, then she would have been false.
The problem, of course, is that being a different person today is not the way to build trust. To build trust requires that you constantly and consistently present who you really are, your truth, so that everybody knows what to expect of you.
Alignment between what you say and what you do over time is the basis of trust. By all means, change your mind, but not your truth.
I’m JamesMcIntosh@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2008 James Henry McIntosh
James can be heard on Public Radio: Monday - 7:19am and Saturday - 8:19am
88.9 FM WCVE, Richmond VA | 89.1 FM WCNV, Heathsville VA | 90.1 FM WMVE, Chase City VA
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