If you have a tendency to use phrases such as “To be honest with you,” “Just between you and me,” and “Well, I’ll be completely honest about this”— eliminate them from your vocabulary. A person who uses such qualifiers is implying by their usage that they typically are not being honest. If you are being honest all the time (which you should be), there is no need to use these kinds of qualifiers.

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