Leslie John
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Podcast Appearances
So the point isn't, we should always share more.
Um, in fact, the people that reveal the most wisely, the best revealers are the people that have the most disclosure flexibility.
What that means is they have the widest range.
They can go from total openness, baby with their spouse to like complete guardedness in like a high stakes negotiation.
So it really is about having the range.
That being said, yes, I think that I keep discovering more and more benefits of being a bit more open a lot of the time.
I think that we should have more tolerance and trust and empathy for people 100%.
And I also think that in a lot of situations, we should share more.
In fact, one very powerful way of building trust is actually to share, to reveal sensitive information literally builds trust.
In fact, I asked people, I did a little survey and I asked the nationally representative sample of 300 Americans recently, have you ever enjoyed keeping a secret?
And I love keeping secrets too, but there's a difference, right?
There are different kinds of secrets.