Shadow Work
Self-Awareness
Personal Growth

Radical Honesty Revealed

Look at what you lie about, and what the lie is doing for you.

Self-deception is usually load-bearing. The lie is holding something up, which is why it survives obvious contradiction. This identifies one and examines the job it does before you decide anything about it.

1. What is the biggest lie you tell yourself? 

Not a small social one. The one that organizes something.

2. What does it protect, and what does it cost? 

Both columns. The protection is real, which is why the lie has lasted this long.

3. What lie do you tell other people most often? 

The automatic one. About how you are, how it is going, what you think.

4. What truth about yourself are you most reluctant to admit? 

Write it once, in one sentence, without the explanation you would normally attach.

5. Pick one and tell the truth about it this week. 

One person, one truth. Write down who and when, so it stops being hypothetical.

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