Transparency

Transparency: Using open communication to be easily known and understood.

Understanding true thoughts, feelings, and desires + communicating openly and honestly = transparency

Transparent people are open, honest, and forthright. They have nothing to hide and are willing to share appropriately.

Being transparent is a powerful thing. If you can be honest with yourself and others, you can increase your confidence and improve your interactions.

Transparency requires:

• VULNERABILITY: Transparency requires being open, even though you may not be accepted or appreciated for your real self.
• COURAGE: Transparency requires having the courage to reveal who you are and being brave enough to welcome criticism.
• SELF-AWARENESS: Transparency is knowing what is truly in your own heart, owning it, and letting it be seen.

“There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.” – Joseph Barber Lightfoot