Tuesday 17 April 2012

The Flaw in Being Frank.

I would define frankness as:

Being inclined to tell people the truth as you see it, even if it’s unpalatable, when you really don’t need to say anything at all.

This brings us up against the Buddhist principle of useful and non-useful truth – but that’s getting a bit heavy, so let’s keep it simple. I’ve found that being frank causes difficulty in a simpler sense. People don’t like hearing things which they find unpalatable, so if they know you’re the sort to say them anyway, they tend to regard you as being akin to an unexploded bomb and keep their distance.

So maybe frankness is a fault. I’ll add it to the list of mine.

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