Truth, Kindness, and the Gap Between

About this episode

The episode explores the complexities of honesty and kindness in communication, emphasizing the importance of motives in difficult conversations.

Are you telling the truth for them — or for you? This week Keith and Gerren get into the three gates of honesty — is it true, is it kind, is it necessary — and why the gap between them is where most hard conversations go wrong. They revisit Jen Oliver's framework from earlier this season, get into Keith's hiring story, and work through what it actually looks like when radical honesty stops being honest and starts being a weapon. Gerren's close: check your motives. Keith's close: is it for you or for them? Neither of them settled it. They never do. Key Topics: The three gates of honesty, the kindness performance trap, truth as a weapon, the necessity formula, and when withholding becomes unkind. Resources Mentioned: 🎙️ Jen Oliver Episode → https://www.moreincommonent.com Find Us: 🌐 https://www.moreincommonent.com 📸 https://www.instagram.com/moreincommonent 🐦 https://twitter.com/MoreInCommonent 📘 https://www.facebook.com/moreincommonpod Gerren Taylor: 🎵 https://www.tiktok.com/@gerrent 💼 https://linkedin.com/in/gerrenT Thinking out loud about what gets in the way of connection. Like what you heard? Leave us a comment in your podcast app. See you next week.

People in this episode

Hosts: Keith, Gerren

Topics covered

• honesty
• kindness
• communication
• radical honesty
• motives
• hard conversations

Keywords

• truth
• kindness
• honesty
• communication
• motives
• hard conversations
• Jen Oliver

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: More In Common Podcast

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