tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1266296460028817904..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: What a billionaire is likeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-89530362587874319762018-01-06T23:35:59.785-05:002018-01-06T23:35:59.785-05:00But there is: we flatter by honoring with the trut...But there is: we flatter by honoring with the truth.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-83384443477014447072018-01-06T17:41:31.287-05:002018-01-06T17:41:31.287-05:00Someone said, "To help a man, tell him the tr...Someone said, "To help a man, tell him the truth; but to help yourself, flatter."<br /><br />Not that there is much flattery to be found in this crowd!Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-15108538955950040882018-01-05T18:15:07.587-05:002018-01-05T18:15:07.587-05:00Asperger's - I resemble that remark. So does ...Asperger's - I resemble that remark. So does my son.<br />Dealing with him gave me a better understanding of what my parents went through :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-63645921867601544992018-01-05T16:09:15.054-05:002018-01-05T16:09:15.054-05:00Sadly, I am only a tiny bit more tactful now than ...Sadly, I am only a tiny bit more tactful now than I used to be. I'm trying to be more aware of other people and less like a textbook case of Asperger's.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-66837078296166881922018-01-05T15:20:24.357-05:002018-01-05T15:20:24.357-05:00Someone should write a book that encourages speaki...Someone should write a book that encourages speaking the truth in love...but it's already been done.<br /><br />Humans tend to get one, but not both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5357361578341968882018-01-05T14:49:59.291-05:002018-01-05T14:49:59.291-05:00Tact and honesty aren't mutually exclusive. I...Tact and honesty aren't mutually exclusive. It just takes more skill than folks like me, and like T99 used to be, to do both in the same sentence or two.<br /><br />On the other hand, folks who disliked your integrity at first and then love you after your saving them from some crisis still dislike your integrity; they're just hoping for more favors.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-48835166467503180372018-01-05T11:08:05.172-05:002018-01-05T11:08:05.172-05:00Honesty to one's self is intensely valuable. T...Honesty to one's self is intensely valuable. To others, it's usually better to be tactful. It would be interesting to discover that, at some level of liberation from worldly concerns, it became intensely valuable again. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-80548660989524544192018-01-05T10:27:28.173-05:002018-01-05T10:27:28.173-05:00:-) Or one is forever a prophet without honor in ...:-) Or one is forever a prophet without honor in his own land, a tragic and fascinating figure. Certainly not someone who simply needs to learn better interpersonal skills, not to mention charity.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-54769221959627745242018-01-05T10:07:13.640-05:002018-01-05T10:07:13.640-05:00In the movies, they don't like your honesty (a...In the movies, they don't like your honesty (and bluntness) at first, but then you get them through some crisis and they love you. I'm sure that's how it works in real life, too.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com