How making truth happen builds better businesses, lives and societies
To Be Honest is a book that needs to be read which is in so many ways is brutally honest, quirky, witty, wise and philosophical, with fascinating research that ranges from Formula 1 racing to Cardiology and so much more, used to illustrate the point being made: that being honest has never been more important than it is in today’s world in order to help right the wrongs we have come to accept as normal and change the ‘now’ for a far better future for generations to come.
Constructed over many hours, days, weeks and months of research, observation and refection Dom Thurbon has placed honesty, or rather the lack of honesty firmly under the spotlight in his work To Be Honest, an honest look at the trajectory the world and it people have taken when it comes to being truthful.
What or which concept is considered as honesty has been clearly illustrated and played out on the world stage over the past year with the re-election of Donald Trump to the President of the United States of America and the tragedy that not being even vaguely honest is now creating.
But on a more relatable level, what of the everyday man or woman who is simply trying to get through another day, Management who are also trying to do the same thing but with more power to engineer the results they are trying to achieve, Businesses and Corporations wanting to achieve top ranking on a global scale; what do they consider as being honest, truthful?
This begs the question, is there a difference between truth and honesty which upon digging deep, still remains a conundrum faced by everyone as to what exactly honesty is and how it should be used to begin to make change.
Dom Thurbon considers the lack of honesty in the world today, engineered by AI, business, ego, desire and greed is something that can be changed with a little care and attention to how you go about living your life, or walking your talk.
Why does truth matter so much, why do we lie, even in a small way as well as defining truth and its myriads of concepts is covered in the first section of the book which makes fascinating reading, offering much for self-reflection.
Section two gets into the real nitty gritty of ‘truth telling’ looking at how truth can be a fundamental instrument towards creating change, how to recognise truth when it is placed in front of you, no easy thing to do in this day and age, why skepticism is such a powerful tool when seeking the truth and how you can go about adapting to being more truthful, more honest in everyday life.
His conclusion, or rather ‘no conclusion’, which is being very philosophical, in what is clearly not a philosophical book, so Thurbon declares, is an absolute Master Class in how we can all be so easily influenced into a way of thinking and speaking that even though we know is less than honest, we accept. He also provides a road map to finding the way to a better, far more honest way of living.
To Be Honest is highly recommended.
