Radical Honesty Part of 16/17 flicts. Deep within most of us | Blinkist Summary Book

Radical Honesty
Part of 16/17

flicts.
Deep within most of us there’s a contradiction between our wishes and beliefs. On the one hand we resent something – the way people treat us our job whatever – but on the other hand we make apologies and excuses for why things are as they are. There are two voices inside us arguing opposite points.
This is the mind again messing with us. It wants hope and change in the future but it also wants the certainty of tradition.
What’s the way out from this paradox? The truth. It’s only by being unafraid to acknowledge this contradiction and accepting it within ourselves that we can resolve it.
It’s the same thing again – stop making moral judgments about whether things are right or wrong. Simply describe how you feel. Tell the truth. You’ll be amazed how far it’ll get you.
Final summary
The key message in these blinks is that:
Growing up means learning to lie to ourselves and to those around us too because we all become trapped in the world of moralism. This does damage to