Two teams have merged and I have a new co-worker who shares some of my personality traits. She speaks up about the brutal truths. Of course she prefaces them with a prologue about how we’re all working toward the same goal, she means it with the greatest respect, blah, but still the same honesty.
We were in entirely different rows on different sides of the auditorium when the speaker mentioned the importance of speaking the truth. We both simultaneously swiveled, looked for each other, made eye contact, nodded, and went back to listening to the presentation.
It’s especially nice that someone sees me as honest while my memory seems to be lying to me.