Quotes About Transparency

Still, I strongly resisted the idea of offering up my past in a book, a past that left me feeling exposed, even slightly ashamed.

And in the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), American families now had a powerful advocate in their corner. Through its work, they could expect a fairer, more transparent credit market, and real savings as they tried to buy a house, finance a car, deal with a family emergency, send their kids to college, or plan for retirement.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

GM [genetically modified] plants are virtually everywhere in the US food chain, but don't have to be labeled, and aren't. Industry lobbyists intend to keep it that way.

Truth is objective. A man should be respected for telling it, not threatened.

If people want real information, they have to go beyond advertising to disinterested sources such as Consumer Reports.

Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth. The truth isn't always the safest course, but mostly it is.

Authenticity is critical to building a relationship of trust. And that means you need to "declare your intent." Declaring your intent involves opening your agenda, giving the why behind the what. It is a great practice in using vulnerability to operationalize authenticity.

he always tried to start off by "declaring himself." That meant he told them who he was, what mattered to him, and how he approached leadership and work. He told them about his goals for the company and for the relationship. He explained not only his what but especially his why.

Can we get something out the way

Zen teaching is like a window. At first, we look at it, and see only the dim reflection of our own face. But as we learn, and our vision becomes clear, the teaching becomes clear. Until at last it is perfectly transparent. We see through it. We see all things: our own face.

It is character that communicates most eloquently...In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.

As Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

Emerson once put it, "What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.

If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

We can "pose" and "put on" for a stranger or an associate. We can pretend. And for a while we can get by with it—at least in public. We might even deceive ourselves. Yet I believe that most of us know the truth of what we really are inside; and I think many of those we live with and work with do as well.

it's so important whenever you come into a new situation to get all the expectations out on the table.

A lie is any communication with intent to deceive

It simply makes no difference how good the rhetoric is or even how good the intentions are; if there is little or no trust, there is no foundation for permanent success.

People resent any attempt to manipulate them. In fact, if you're dealing with people you're close to, it's helpful to tell them what you're doing.

Here are some examples of where you might be paying Trust Taxes or earning Trust Dividends:

The deposit is to make the expectations clear and explicit in the beginning.