I think that working effectively in high-people-skills potentially-politicized roles like management necessarily involve needing to be able to be internally frank & honest with oneself while presenting partial truths and selected subsets of your beliefs to the outside world. Not to deceive people, but to tell them what they need to hear rather than things that won’t be helpful to them where they are currently at. Not an easy skill! Probably getting into the habit of privately writing down your ‘full thoughts’ whenever you feel a bit of friction around being fully open with people is a good way to maintain your internal honesty. Also, making private predictions about facts and future events, to keep yourself calibrated.
I think that working effectively in high-people-skills potentially-politicized roles like management necessarily involve needing to be able to be internally frank & honest with oneself while presenting partial truths and selected subsets of your beliefs to the outside world. Not to deceive people, but to tell them what they need to hear rather than things that won’t be helpful to them where they are currently at. Not an easy skill! Probably getting into the habit of privately writing down your ‘full thoughts’ whenever you feel a bit of friction around being fully open with people is a good way to maintain your internal honesty. Also, making private predictions about facts and future events, to keep yourself calibrated.