Radical Honesty: How to Transform Your Life by Telling the Truth

This book was given to me while I was in the midst of the most painful and challenging time in my life.I have always considered myself to be one of the "most honest" (this belief was part of the OCPD reality I created for myself that fueled my self lies and my disconnection with those around me). Within 1 chapter I realized the amount of lies I had been telling myself as I justified my "moralizim" and belief by being honest to everyone else but myself (and in reality this dishonesty allowed me to lie to others with righteous indignation).This book has assisted me in transforming my life while discovering who I truly am. It has brought me closer to my wife then I ever thought possible. It has transformed my professional career and brought me deeper and more meaningful relationships with my family and my friends.While I do not think this book is the end all be all. . . I do think that it is a light in the darkness and a core piece in having self love, experiencing love, being present, and having a joyful life.I highly recommend this book and I have bought over 7 copies in the past month.I see the negative reviews and I am grateful for their take on the book. That being said, if there is a chance that this book might bring you the healing, self love, and joy that it has brought me, my wife, my family, and my friends. . . it is worth the price and the time!

While Blanton's writing style is a bit crippled by the lack of professional editing, any changes to his words would have distorted the honesty needed to by coherent to his vision. Many concepts this book were not entirely new to me being a life long student of both psychology and the philosophies, but the way that Blanton connects and reconciles them is nothing short of genius.This is NOT a quick and easy read, mainly due to the fact that the subject matter itself is so important and pervasive, it requires a good deal of background and explanation. But after the foundation laid by the first few chapters, things get easier and more "user friendly". Stick with it even if you find yourself re-reading a paragraph a few times to get the meaning out of it as it WELL worth the time.I love this book so much that I frequently recommend it and gift it to my closest friends. While a few of the suggestions may not be practical in the real world (being totally honest with your boss might get you fired, for example), the bulk of this book has made me happier and healthier and has improved my relations with friends, colleagues and loved ones.You OWE IT to yourself to at least read this book!

I loved a lot of what was said here, as I am a fan of complete honesty and direct communication. I think the level of detail he stresses is required to share in order to be honest is not necessary, practical, nor desired in some situations. That level of detail can be necessary for some if those details are nagging at them and/or significant to not feel they are holding a secret that would be exposed if shared. I simply don't think that's always the case, especially if you can't even remember all the details because they don't matter to you. I also found some of the theories he shares early on about what happens to us before birth and thereabouts to be a bit hard to follow, too lengthy, and presented as fact for too long. I plodded through that part in order to find out where he was going with it and was glad I did. He got to some really great stuff after that. I don't recommend just skipping that part though, as plodding through it is helpful in understanding some of the references he makes along with very useful content.

Having become a pathological liar as a defense mechanism from my childhood. When my wife left me for lying, I thought I needed a new approach.Radical Honesty is about opening up. A girl I am/was dating and I discused this book. Especially the part... I resent you for XXX and then we traded She resents me for YYY. We went through several iterations of this, and then went through the I accept you for ZZZ and then she accepted me for WWW.This created a clearing for us. For example I resent her for getting me out of my basement. I don't particularly like public places and she seems to get me out of my hole and into public places. Is that absurd... YES. Is it a reality of how I feel YES! But we lauged together, because of course I censored myself prior to that exercise because it was absurd.Emotions aren't always making the best choices for how we feel in any given situation, but pin up one of those emotions such as fear anger or sadness. And you have yourself a ticking time bomb.In the example above I had an absurd repressed anger, and she had some of her own. But expressing it in the I feel .... when You... (because..... ) format put it out in the open and I transformed a little tad of mad into an enjoyable evening of glad.So That night I was IN integrity with myself and I was fully self expressed with my date. Now I can see if you can share the little absurd ones, you can share the big ones too. "I resent you when you kissed a guy I don't know on the cheek".... or "I accept you for singing to me when I was in the dumps"Awesome book. Its taken a lot of commitment to eradicate pathological liar from my character, but it has been very worthwhile and this book is a stepping stone for me to get back into relationship with others, and it gives me some exercises to go through very early in the dating process.Ciao!~Matt

I think the premise is sound and this book needed to be written, I'm just not sure if it was written well. There is a lot that doesn't seem like the meat of it, more like the philosophy surrounding it that isn't really actionable, that takes up a lot of the book. It's boring like getting a lecture in school and it's not the heart of the subject. The actual point of the book doesn't take up that much of it. And I felt that part of it could have been expanded on.I'd probably blame the editor for not giving a bit more editing/guidance.

la premisa es tiene su valor pero la filosofía/ su ejecución que promueve me parece terrible, irrealista y prácticamente irresponsable. no lo recomiendo, hay mucha literatura sicológica seria y científica, esta no lo es.

O livro é realmente muito bom e muito proocativo. Vale muitoa a pena a leitura, mesmo sendo um conteúdo por vezes bem denso e bastante detalhado. O livro mostra como somos condicionados a mentir desde pequenos e como pode ser fácil nos tornarmos pessoas verdadeiras ao aceitar e rebater certas condições e estruturas em relação às formas como as pessoas são criadas. O autor faz várias provocações e implica alguns exercícios que, realmente, não imagino muitas pessoas tendo coragem de fazer. Vale muito, também, pelo tema que é bem curioso. Confesso que apliquei algumas coisas que li e realmente funciona.

Mi aspettavo un libro diverso, più pragmatico e meno teorico. Stile originale, ma non si può definire un libro scritto bene. L'ho trovato a tratti confusa. Merita comunque una lettura veloce, ma non è un libro che rileggerò una seconda volta.

Honestly one of the best book I have ever read, I was suggested to read the book by Antonio Dodge from Personality Hacker community. This was indeed a mind opening book, I would like to remember to be honest and sincere in all my life. I am pretty sure I would give the book another read to imprint the life lessons the book imparts. The book demands us to be someone with holds barred and nothing tying us down, for which we are granted with a true freedom to love and live.

J'ai lu énormément de livres sur le développement personnel, celui ci est le seul qui est authentiquement en mesure de changer la vie. Demande beaucoup de courage, beaucoup de vulnérabilité, une expérience magnifique.