Candor

Candor

If you are honest about your mistakes, you will more than likely learn from them. On the other hand, if you constantly look for ways to cover up your deficiencies, you will never fill them.

When a person tries to blame someone or something for his shortcomings in an attempt to preserve his public image, that is a good sign that he will probably lie to himself. He creates a false world for himself over time. And if he can be dishonest to himself, he will most certainly never be honest to those about him.

Candor is an essential quality for leaders. And it cannot be mistaken for brashness. Brashness is when you say what you ‘think’ it is. It possibly is very different from what it actually may be and invariably is a poke at someone else.

Candor comes with sincerity. It is openness to see things the way they are and the ability to state them with a frankness that is refreshing. It necessarily comes with polity and is palatable to the audience. There is little intensity that is intimidating and almost no negative emotion.

Candor is about representing it the way it is. It is about honesty, fairness and openness. It’s with candor that you will be accepted as a leader.

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