GUEST POST from Mike Shipulski
Your truth is what you see. Your truth is what you think. Your truth is what feel. Your truth is what you say. Your truth is what you do.
If you see something, say something.
If no one wants to hear it, that’s on them.
If your truth differs from common believe, I want to hear it.
If your truth differs from common believe and no one wants to hear it, that’s troubling.
If you don’t speak your truth, that’s on you.
If you speak it and they dismiss it, that’s on them.
Your truth is your truth, and no one can take that away from you.
When someone tries to take your truth from you, shame on them.
Your truth is your truth. Full stop.
And even if it turns out to be misaligned with how things are, it’s still your responsibility to tell it.
If your company makes it difficult for you to speak your truth, you’re still obliged to speak it.
If your company makes it difficult for you to speak your truth, they don’t value you.
When your truth turns out to be misaligned with how things are, thank you for telling it.
You’ve provided a valuable perspective that helped us see things more clearly.
If you’re striving for your next promotion, it can be difficult to speak your dissenting truth.
If it’s difficult to speak your dissenting truth, instead of promotion, think relocation.
If you feel you must yell your dissenting truth, you’re not confident in it.
If you’re confident in your truth and you still feel you must yell it, you have a bigger problem.
When you know your truth is standing on bedrock, there’s no need to argue.
When someone argues with your bedrock truth, that’s a problem for them.
If you can put your hand over mouth and point to your truth, you have bedrock truth.
When you write a report grounded in bedrock truth, it’s the same as putting your hand over your mouth and pointing to the truth.
If you speak your truth and it doesn’t bring about the change you want, sometimes that happens.
And sometimes it brings about its opposite.
Your truth doesn’t have to be right to be useful.
But for your truth to be useful, you must be uncompromising with it.
You don’t have to know why you believe your truth; you just have to believe it.
It’s not your responsibility to make others believe your truth; it’s your responsibility to tell it.
When your truth contradicts success, expect dismissal and disbelief.
When your truth meets with dismissal and disbelief, you may be onto something.
Tomorrow’s truth will likely be different than today’s.
But you don’t have a responsibility to be consistent; you have a responsibility to the truth.
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