Polly's Power-PR

I agree! Honesty is the best policy in interpersonal relations and in your relations with the media. If you are not honest with the media, they will sense this and they won't listen to you.

I heard Steven Gaffney speak Friday at Margaret Walpole's Metropolitan Business Council. An expert on honest interpersonal communications, Gaffney spoke about Five Principles to Grown Your Business and Improve Relationships. A big subject for a 20-minute speech!

Here are Gaffney's five principles for honest communications:

1. We train and condition people in how we want to be treated. "We encourage people to lie," Gaffney said, if we are not honest about our feelings, if we are inconsistent in our communications and if we are defensive.

2. Model the behavior you seek in others because of the law of reflection, aka "the Golden Rule."

3.Input determines our output. The five people you spend the most time with determine your outlook, he said.

4. Be clear on your negotiables and non-negotiables.

5. The power of appreciation. If your honesty is always in a negative vein, people will stop listening. Take time to express your appreciation.

I appreciated Gaffney's speech so much that I bought his book, "Honesty Sells." Stay tuned…. Also, I want to express my appreciation to Margaret Walpole for presenting another inspiring program. The MBC meets the last Friday of every month. Plan to attend on August 27.