 Honest people are needed a lot in today's society. There's a lot of corruption and bad governance in the world currently. If we have more honest people, we would ultimately have more responsible and honest leaders. Honest people uphold the right values that every society needs to try. They do not jumble up facts or try to confuse their audience. Honest people in this age is gold. In this video, I'll share with you 9 things only honest people understand. One, honesty is not always accepted immediately. People love honesty because it makes them feel comfortable but they may not want to be told to the truth themselves. The truth, although good, can hot. Imagine finding out your boyfriend was never in love with you and only dated you for your money. Even if this discovery is a good one, you probably would not still be happy about it. Honesty lays everything bare. It doesn't hide facts. If you are honest, when you interact with people, you will discover that some of them may deny the truth simply because it hurts. It is easier to believe lies than accept the hard truth. No one wants to accept that their parents may be responsible for unimaginable things. Absolutely, no one wants to accept such a thing. It can take time to accept the truth too. Two, honesty is valuable. No one in our current society doesn't value honesty. Governments that are not honest can misappropriate public funds. Public officers as well also require a high level of honesty. When they are that way, there is a greater transparency and improved quality of governance. Honesty is quintessential in governments. The people who want to know their resources are intact and the best way to do this is true honesty. Governments should publish a monthly report on budget expenditure and make the same publicly available. If anything is promised, the union leaders should be permitted to follow it up. At all levels of government, let there be transparency and freedom of information. Honesty can bring all this and much more to us and other countries. Three, honest people can sometimes be in danger. Sometimes union leaders and activists who can live and die for the truth are not safe. They are primarily the ones who p****** p****** p****** p****** p****** p****** p****** p****** no matter what. Unfortunately, their truth exposes the ills of powerful politicians in the country. They might be in danger after all. It is the job of Amnesty International to protect journalists and activists that have been targeted for saying truth that exposed some politicians. The danger may not always be of a political nature. The danger can also be of verbal abuse or outright violence by people you tell the truth to that overreact to it. Four, honesty should be timed. Because you are honest doesn't mean you should not watch the timing before you speak the truth. You may even skip it completely. Imagine going to a restaurant with a friend of yours who is becoming slightly obese. While eating, he has two helpings and you cannot but wonder what his plans are if he already looks overweight. Telling him he is fat while true may not be nice. There are times being honest may simply serve to annoy other people. It is not everyone you see that you should talk about. A short person probably doesn't want to be told he is short even if he knows he is. Not learning the right time to tell the truth concerning other people is really important. For caution, only tell yourself the truth all the time without timing or context. Five, honesty is for everyone including you. When you tell the truth, it isn't just for you, it is for everyone. The rain does not come down because a person told the truth but we must acknowledge that it is nice to know that when we discuss with someone or make inquiries, they tell us the truth. Honesty helps us to see things clearly and save us from the troubles of deception. People who lie have to cover their tracks with more lies. This can create a cycle of lies that doesn't end. To break off from such a situation, you have to come out with the truth. Six, honesty is freedom. Honesty gives freedom. You don't have to lie to pretend when you are honest. You are free to just be yourself completely. Honest people are seldom under mental pressure. They don't create the expectations they can give and are open about their situations. An honest guy will not give a lady the impression he is rich to impress her. He would rather tell her his job and let her decide if she wants to be with him or not. An honest person does not cheat on others because that would require telling some lies or misrepresenting facts to the advantage. They never have to look over their shoulders because they deal with others fairly. They also generally avoid vices such as gambling because they usually involve some level of dishonesty. The best way to deal with people is honestly. They will never prefer other people to you as long as you are honest. If you have great skills too, that is a plus. Honesty is a character trait but it can't create sales, manage inventory or manage accounts. Even if you are an honest person, you have to work hard to improve your skills. Do this so that you can stand out from the crowd. Your honesty is a plus. No employer wants a dishonest employee. They will automatically feel they won't be loyal and will start looking for opportunities to lay you off. They prefer dealing with honest people. They feel they are straightforward and do their jobs. That way, the employer can have some peace. 7. Honesty helps with healing. Healing helps the mind and body. When you are honest with your friends about events from your past, you allow yourself the opportunity to heal. You deserve to have peace. No one deserves to relieve the past over and over. When you are honest with yourself, you will see that you are more in control of your emotions and your mind. You need to be that in control to function properly. Don't argue with yourself over facts. Accept the truth. If you were wrong, apologize. If you were right, forgive. There is no need to carry so many things in your head and leave no breathing space. You should be using your mind for innovation and creativity, not worry and stress. 8. Honesty helps with happiness. The more honest you are, the happier you can be. Because honesty gives freedom. You can feel light after saying things you have been holding in for years. You can feel relieved and sometimes happy. Try being more honest in your life. Your friends and family are all counting on you. People who are always happy are usually very honest. They choose to see happiness in all things. They are not affected by what other people say or think. They tell themselves the truth about people's opinion and how pointless it all is. If you always do this, you will sell them distressed over unnecessary things or play an active role in digging up past hurtful things. You would always avoid toxic friends because you know that in all honesty they make you unhappy. Working hard too comes from honesty. When you look at most successful men in the world, you would know that hard work is inevitable. You would then in honesty to yourself start to work hard because you know that there are no shortcuts to success. Honesty is quite refreshing when you meet people who are this way. 9. Honesty aids in building trust. When you always speak the truth, people tend to trust you. Lies and deception lead to distrust. People do not want to work with someone that may well be lying about their services. An honest person will never claim his service he doesn't have to get a contract. Many people do this. Honesty is actually harder than it looks on paper. When you are honest, you are more vulnerable to criticism than others because you are open for everyone to see your faults. However, you grow stronger than others over time because you will get used to people disagreeing with you. It will, in the long run, give you a reputation that will attract people who want to do serious business to work with you. Honest people are rare in today's society and shouldn't be taken lightly. If it were easy to be honest, everyone would be honest. But we all need their honesty to help us trust each other and work together. We should all try being honest. If it were so, we would be more understanding and caring as a society.