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VIR-I-0072

“I told them the real reason for the gap on my resume and got the job.”

VIR · Pillar I — Virtue VIR-I · Tell the Truth. Even When It Costs You.

The temptation was to paper over the hard stretch with a tidy lie. You told the truth about what happened and why, and let them decide with full information. People hire the person they can believe, not the flawless story. Your honesty about the low point became the reason they trusted you.

Your Practice

  1. Notice that owning the gap honestly read as strength, not liability.
  2. Tell the hard part plainly, then what you learned, then move on.
  3. Never decorate a fact you'd have to defend later.
  4. Let people choose you knowing who you really are. That's the only fit worth taking.

The Architects

“Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What's a Sun-Dial in the Shade?”

— Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1750

More under VIR-I

VIR-I-0001“I lied and now it's eating me alive.”VIR-I-0002“I know what I should do, but it's going to cost me.”VIR-I-0003“I told the truth even though it hurt — and I feel free.”VIR-I-0004“I chose honesty over convenience and it paid off.”VIR-I-0005“My integrity just cost me something — and I'd do it again.”VIR-I-0006“I'm tempted to stretch the truth to get what I want.”
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