Ten Tips for Being More Truthful

Barbara A. Lewis

1.     Make a commitment to tell the truth.

2.    Tell someone about your commitment.

Make a commitment to tell the truth by doing so you will be more truthful to others. By telling someone that you have committed to telling the truth they might like you more. You will make more friends. By not committing yourself to telling the truth you will be influenced to tell lies more frequently. You will be getting closer to bad influences bad friends. Be committed and don’t tell lies tell the truth. Be committed to your commitment and you will be a great person. You will be the person that will be looked up to make an example of how your commitments got you to where you are. Make more commitments. Tell people about them so that they know that you are trying to be a better person.

3. Think before you give a dishonest answer.

Think what you are going to say because your answer might be dishonest. The other person wont like that. Then they will leave you and you will be more dishonest to others. So think before say things that are not true and others will not like you. They won’t like to go to you for answers. Before you give an answer to someone think of what it might make another person think it means whether it is right or wrong. Be honest and think of the answer before you say it or you will make a fool of your self.

4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.

Be careful when you use exaggeration because someone may be very offended by it or get really mad. Exaggeration can signify something better or worse to someone. This exaggeration may not be true but the way you say something may change it. Sarcasm in many ways can be taken wrong because of its mockery. The use of irony irony makes things sound different then what they truly are. It’s like if you’re lying. When you lie you change a story to make it sound true and that is almost like irony or sarcasm but not exaggeration because when you exaggerate you make something small to something big. Like a boring story altered to make it interesting. Sarcasm can be used to make someone laugh but also can offend someone.

5.Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.

Don’t change what happened when you are telling someone a story. Be careful not to add things that didn’t happen because you would just be lying. The truth is what you’re always told to say, so say the truth don’t say anything that didn’t happen. Don’t leave any detail out of what you are saying. Don’t twist a story to make it interesting or to not get someone in trouble to protect your friend. Leaving a part out of what you are saying is lying. Lying only gets you into lots of trouble. All lies can catch up to you and will get you into more trouble than before. Be truthful to others and yourself always tell the truth even if you are trying to protect a friend.

6. Don't indulge in little white lies.

7. Watch out for silent lies.

What a silent lie is being untruthful to others. Lies are lies whither small or big lies get you into more trouble whether white or silent their lies you are a untruthful person. A silent lie is when you are communicating agreement to something that you don’t really agree with in the inside. This happens because you are agreeing to something in words but all the time inside you are yelling no and stop but you fail to say anything or ask a question. This is basically lying. People don’t want to embarrass themselves if we say something foolish. They want to be a part of the group and if they say something that will jeopardize the standing of the group.

8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.

When you catch yourself lying you have to start all over and say the truth. Make yourself not tell a lie by making yourself go back and repeat what you said with the truth. Be honest to yourself and others. Be confident always say the truth. Keep your soul clean of any lies and you will live an honest person. Once you lie you say another lie then you will become soulful lire. Be a better person and be the bigger person and stop yourself when you know you’re lying and start all over come clean.

9. Talk to yourself.

Talk to your self  tell my self to not do any substance abuse of any kind, not tell lies anytime be 

10. Treat yourself when you tell the truth.      

Give yourself reward for telling the truth and doing good go out have some fun and do more good along the way. Be kind to others when you treat yourself be happy with what you have been doing. Always do right. Do fun easy things like going out to get ice cream, or as simple as staying home and watching a movie or going to a museum of some kind and explore it, or going out to dinner with your friends or family.