The medical consultation, dealing as it does with subjects that are often difficult to express honestly and openly, represents a masterclass in linguistics: the way imagery and metaphor – and repetitions, omissions, rejoinders, non sequiturs, hesitations, and silences – convey more meaning, and can be more revealing, than mere words.
( ch.7) Expressing honestly, in NVC, is likely to involve expressing an observation, feeling, need, and request.
The fear of being hounded prevents people from speaking the truth, the need to be lauded keeps people from expressing honestly what is on their mind.
Some aestheticians have compared beauty to truth, and there can be little doubt that honestly expressed functions and honestly expressed materials and manufacturing processes are far more beautiful than fakery and imitation.
If they do, are they expressing it honestly?
And worse yet, it seems as though expressing this honestly makes me a monster..
Even if he doesn't like what the man has to say, he respects him for expressing it honestly.
And no matter how he replies, you'll have done the right thing by expressing yourself honestly and respectfully.
What is OK to say? Do people feel unable to express themselves honestly in case they are attacked by the dreaded (if entirely mythical) "PC brigade"?
This Week's Bests Way to Use Fear as Your Compass Jim Connolly has one simple idea to attract the attention and respect of your marketplace: "In my experience, those who express themselves honestly and those who are too fearful to express what they believe use fear as their compass.
