I’m sharing five rules that governed how I made TREE posts.
Two. Tell the truth
Here’s what I mean by ‘tell the truth’:
I write from my own experience. I am not a psychologist, counsellor, historian or scientist. I pay attention to what has worked for me and share it with you. If I go beyond my experience, my ideas can easily become unreliable, unless…
I check my facts. When I write about any kind of science or history, I use reliable sources, preferably more than one. It’s no good asking you to trust my ideas if you can’t trust my facts. But also…
The truth lives in stories. John Wick: Chapter 3 tells the truth about the divide between the people who do the work and the people who have the power. It’s not even slightly factual. When I write stories, I am 100% trying to be true to good storytelling. I’m 90% hoping that something true about life will make its way to you.
Three ways to undermine your credibility: 1) speak outside your circle of competence, 2) relay false information, 3) tell stories badly.
—Jeff
Be true to yourself with whatever you put out there. Because it always has a way of finding its way back to you.
Grow slowly
Skyler