Radical Honesty Part I

Part 1 (of 3) of an 11-minute Radical Honesty Promotional Video. For more info, buying Brad Blanton's books, or enrolling in a workshop, go to www.radicalhonesty.com or call 800-EL-TRUTH.

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[TheBadSniper]

What do psychiatrists do again?(rhetorical) He says in his book that he wants to make money, be seen as a genious, and do something great and he says that as a way of being honest.

Don't give him shit because he's not 100% selfless like everybody else on the planet.

[flawedplan]

It's about time! I have felt so alone in fighting for Radical Honesty online for six contentious years, and fighting strawmen Dr. Blanton, due to your lack of visibility. Time to get it out there, use the Internets, it's that kind of election cycle --people are hungry for transparency/truth/hope/transf­ormation and whatnot. Where's your Huffpost columns? Everyone's doing it, seize the day!

[greenpowernow]

@MartialArtsMaster What you are referring to as honesty is not honesty, and doesn't look anything like how Brad describes honesty. The process of Radical Honesty can be temporarily painful and often times isn't. Listening and being present are a huge part of honesty. I attended an 8 day workshop with 16 people from all different walks of life. Men, women, gay, bi, straight, rich, poor, young, old, fat, thin, etc. We all love each other and have grown tremendously since.

[oopalonga]

@WeCaredALot ya that was awesome lol

[WeCaredALot]

"But you hurt her feelings." "So what?" ROFL

[toonietoonz]

So what's so good about this crap? I couldn't make it past the audio book (just being honest) he was so annoying coughing and pulling his mouth away from the microphone where he couldnt be heard. I guess he was taking his honesty shtick just a bit too far for my taste, so I deleted the whole audiobook. Freed up valuable space on my computer. Thank god I didn't pay for it. So why is this any good? What is good about it in a nutshell? The author is honest about his dishonesty?

[Daghead]

What if a bunch of NAMBLA members join a group?

[xtcvirus]

@namitsu1 hahah, i was thinking the exact same thing.

[serumclx]

if you really want to hurt some one feeling tell them the true about them.

[namitsu1]

@TheBadSniper Right! And that last fact DOES NOT EVEN HELP US!

[MartialArtsMaster]

I can see a potential problem right away:

The problem is we live in a culture where people use "honesty" as an excuse to be rude and scream at people all the time, even when what you're saying ISN'T true!

It can also be a cover for arrogance. I could scream at someone that they're in the poorhouse because of their own fault, but if it's not true in that particular person's case, then it's not true no matter how loudly I scream that it's true. In that case it's not honesty, it's cruelty.

[MCTMD1]

Thank you! I appreciate it.