Episode 2,041: Helpful vs Hurtful Authenticity
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Justin Su'a
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🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 3 minutes
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In this episode, I talk about the right type of authenticity.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. Welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcast. I'm Justin Stua, episode 2041. Today I want to share with you |
| 0:08.4 | the difference between helpful and hurtful authenticity. This comes to us from a gentleman named Justin |
| 0:15.2 | Meacham. I saw this and I thought it was really helpful. So there's an acronym, True. True. T stands for truthful. You want |
| 0:23.1 | the authenticity to be honest without being harsh. R is respectful. Consider the feelings of others. |
| 0:30.1 | You is understanding. That's the balance of transparency with empathy. And the E stands for essential. |
| 0:36.9 | Share only what's necessary and helpful so he goes |
| 0:40.6 | through about five reasons five the difference between helpful authenticity and hurtful authenticity |
| 0:47.7 | so helpful authenticity is when it's clear and thoughtful communication shares shares truth with understanding, it's open but |
| 0:56.6 | mindful of timing, it encourages transparency without judgment, and offers feedback in a supportive |
| 1:03.7 | way. Now, because of this, the byproduct is it builds trust, it enhances collaboration, |
| 1:10.4 | creates open communication, and creates a safe place |
| 1:13.3 | for feedback. Now the opposite of that is hurtful authenticity. This is when honesty feels like |
| 1:20.4 | an attack. Voices opinions without considering impact, oversharing, making others feel uncomfortable, |
| 1:30.3 | criticizes under the guise of being real, and disregards the emotional impact of words. And the byproduct of that is it destroys |
| 1:37.5 | morale, it causes defensiveness, it breaks down relationships, and it creates fear of speaking up. |
| 1:45.7 | And so the question is, how do you practice healthy authenticity and helpful authenticity? |
| 1:53.1 | And here are the five ways. Number one, you want to value the perspective of other people. |
| 1:59.9 | Don't just speak. You want to listen to them. Number two is you |
| 2:03.9 | want to check the timing. Ask it the moment as right for honesty or have some feel on the timing of a |
| 2:10.0 | situation. Number three is to consider the impact. Think about how your words will land. |
| 2:15.5 | Think about the ramifications that this conversation may have. |
| 2:20.2 | Number four is to offer solutions, not problems. |
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