The Art of Living Courageously Week 7: Courage and Truth
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Transcript of The Art of Living Courageously Week 7: Courage and Truth
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
Courage in Theory & Practice
Roz Savage
Main Points So Far
❖ Trajectory of courageous life vs average life❖ Courage is not the absence of fear, but feeling
the fear and doing it anyway❖ When Motivation > Fear => COURAGE❖ Virtuous feedback loop between courageous
action and courageous mindset
Week 7: Courage and Truth
❖ Being truthful to others❖ factual truth: flatterer or friend?❖ personal truth
❖ Being truthful to ourselves❖ the courage to see the truth about the world❖ the courage to see the truth about ourselves
❖ Listening to another person’s truth:❖ coaching❖ truth as a process, not a noun
–George Orwell
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
Week 7: Courage and Truth
❖ Being truthful to others❖ factual truth: flatterer or friend?❖ personal truth
❖ Being truthful to ourselves❖ the courage to see the truth about the world❖ the courage to see the truth about ourselves
❖ Listening to another person’s truth:❖ coaching❖ truth as a process, not a noun
Factual Truth
Discuss whether true sentences are necessary for a true life
Reflections on honesty quiz
Parrhêsia: telling the whole truth, hiding nothing of the truth,
telling the truth without hiding it behind anything,
while being aware that speaking this truth
will carry consequences
How “bad” are these forms of misinformation?
❖ On a scale of 0 to 10:❖ Gossip or mild slander❖ Deliberate manipulation in presenting data, or framing
facts so as to mislead❖ White lies designed to reassure or placate❖ Failure to disclose relevant facts for reasons of self-
interest❖ Deliberately revealing only a partial truth❖ Failure to express a deep hurt❖ Lying to avert a perceived evil (no self interest)
Personal Truth
–Oscar Wilde
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you
the truth.
Personal Truth: NVCNon Violent Communication/Compassionate Communication
1. Observation: factual description of event
2. Feelings: what emotions we experienced, or are experiencing as a result of the event
3. Needs: what emotions we would prefer
4. Request: what action the other person could do to help satisfy our needs
Week 7: Courage and Truth
❖ Being truthful to others❖ factual truth: flatterer or friend?❖ personal truth
❖ Being truthful to ourselves❖ the courage to see the truth about the world❖ the courage to see the truth about ourselves
❖ Listening to another person’s truth:❖ coaching❖ truth as a process, not a noun
–Virginia Woolf
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.”
Courage To See What We Don’t See
What We Know We Know
What We Know We Don’t Know
What We Think We Know
What We Don’t Know We Don’t Know
All There Is To Know
Being Truthful to Ourselves
❖ What are our blind spots? ❖ What factors might create blind spots?❖ How can we minimise our blind spots?
Week 7: Courage and Truth
❖ Being truthful to others❖ factual truth: flatterer or friend?❖ personal truth
❖ Being truthful to ourselves❖ the courage to see the truth about the world❖ the courage to see the truth about ourselves
❖ Listening to another person’s truth:❖ coaching❖ truth as a process, not a noun
Coaching❖ Non-directive: not mentoring or instructing❖ Future-oriented: not therapy❖ Coachee is deemed creative, resourceful, and
whole❖ Coach’s main job is to ask powerful questions to
encourage self-reflection
Sample Coaching Questions
❖ What is the experience you’re looking to create?❖ What’s stopping you?❖ What part of what you’ve just said could be an
assumption?❖ How much energy are you willing to put into
that?
“We can't talk to each other about politics any more because not only do we have our
own beliefs, now we all have our own facts.”
–Richard Potter for Quora
Truth As A Process, Not A Noun
Truth As A Process, Not A Noun
Events
Patterns
Systemic Structures
Narratives
How do we get closer to a shared truth?
Humility and curiosity
“Most men would rather deny a hard truth
than face it.”
—Tyrion Lannister