{"id":737,"date":"2007-09-17T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-17T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/no-truth-no-aut\/"},"modified":"2007-09-17T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2007-09-17T16:58:46","slug":"no-truth-no-aut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/no-truth-no-aut\/","title":{"rendered":"The Authentic Side of Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you struck by the willingness of some to stray from the Truth?&nbsp; Are you shocked that in many situations people have redefined Truth.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think we had a say in the matter.&nbsp; Truth is truth, right?<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5jSSJzC1UNusL4eW21xsZ7HJcM8WQ\">article <\/a>from AP details some excerpts from Alan Greenspan&#8217;s new book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Age-Turbulence-Adventures-New-World\/dp\/1594201315\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/103-2712002-1220624?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1190061720&amp;sr=1-1\"><em>The Age of Turbulence<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp; Did Bush &amp; Co. miss it on controlling spending?&nbsp; What would Truth say?&nbsp; I come down on the side of they didn&#8217;t control spending.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more disappointing is when nobody is willing, specifically in the business world, to stick by Truth.&nbsp; What to do, what to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few questions to ask to see where you stand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have you accepted that you might lose something in order to gain something, when you stick by the Truth? <\/li>\n<li>Have you revised the meaning of Truth since you started out in your specific career? <\/li>\n<li>Is it ever OK to lie to a customer or fellow stakeholder? <\/li>\n<li>Is it possible for the Truth to change from year-to-year or generation-to-generation? <\/li>\n<li>Do you think there are dire consequences when you lie?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go find your mentor\/adviser\/coach (spouse, friend, parent, colleague, etc.) and give them your answers.&nbsp; Send me a comment if you need help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you struck by the willingness of some to stray from the Truth?&nbsp; Are you shocked that in many situations people have redefined Truth. I didn&#8217;t think we had a say in the matter.&nbsp; Truth is truth, right? This article from AP details some excerpts from Alan Greenspan&#8217;s new book The Age of Turbulence.&nbsp; Did&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}