importance of being honest.

whenever i am in doubt, i always wonder what parts of the story i should shed light on and what parts i should keep to myself.  so usually i call dad and ask what to do.  10 times out of 10 he says, just be honest.
kind of silly.  of course i will be honest, but not sure i want to highlight that part of the story or tell the insurance company i have been hit before.  or better yet, tell the bank that owns my car what bad shape it is in. .
that one might taken from real life instances. . .=)

over and over again, i have followed this advice and you know it actually works.
you can shade facts and try to tell the story in a better light.  but i completely suck at shading anything.  i usually make it sound much worse than it is.  so for me, the best possible thing to do is to give the whole sorted story.
all the facts are on the table and nothing left to hide.  usually  the person on the other end lands on your side and has a lot more impetus to want to help you.  not everyone has helped me in my time.
but the success rate is so much higher.  maybe i need to work on my story telling and advertising skills.  i am actually in sales professionally. . .but i can't seem to be anyone but myself successfully.
when i am painfully honest it always goes better.  there is usually some blood red face time and irregular heart beats on my end, but the exponent is peace.

nobody can hold anything over you, if you let em have all the info.

thanks dad. you are pretty smart. =) i love you very much.

dont get too close!  me at work just now.  one of those days, when you dont want to see yourself up close! and no i do not have a mustache.  kind of looks like it in the picture though. .. .=) glad its friday and a three day weekend!