{"id":7469,"date":"2019-04-01T03:41:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T07:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:38:05","slug":"i-was-recently-told-that-i-was-too-honest-by-a-close-friend-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/04\/01\/i-was-recently-told-that-i-was-too-honest-by-a-close-friend-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"I was recently told that I was &#8220;too honest&#8221; by a close friend of mine."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/AW040119-11.jpg\" alt=\"I was recently told that I was &quot;too honest&quot; by a close friend of mine. How can I still be honest without being hurtful?\" class=\"wp-image-7448\"\/><figcaption>I was recently told that I was &#8220;too honest&#8221; by a close friend of mine. How can I still be honest without being hurtful?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What you&#8217;re looking for is how to be more tactful in your communication. And there&#8217;s probably a combination of learning how to let some things go without saying anything. Generally speaking, I don&#8217;t say anything at all unless someone asks me to. And some of this will just come with time and practice. But, since you&#8217;re looking for help today, there are plenty of resources here to help you. I recommend starting with <em>Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition<\/em> (O&#8217;Neill Library: BF637.C45 C78 2012).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you&#8217;re looking for is how to be more tactful in your communication. And there&#8217;s probably a combination of learning how to let some things go without saying anything. Generally speaking, I don&#8217;t say anything at all unless someone asks me to. And some of this will just come with time and practice. But, since &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/04\/01\/i-was-recently-told-that-i-was-too-honest-by-a-close-friend-of-mine\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I was recently told that I was &#8220;too honest&#8221; by a close friend of mine.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7469"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7477,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7469\/revisions\/7477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}