I have this rule that I kept to myself:

If people are not honest with themselves, they're also not honest with others.

You can't fake honesty.

You can't fake courage to be self-aware. 

Either you have it or not have it.

The courage to address the issues that are eating away at one's effectiveness. 

The word salad and all their accomplishments don't reflect the real person.

These are facade to cover all the insecurities and fears within.

A grown man can have a self-esteem of an amoeba.

A kid can have the self-confidence that can kill giants, ala David.

It's never in the exterior, it's from within.

The real power and self-worth comes from within the core of the person.

If you don't have the self-esteem necessary to enjoy your success, you'll forever undermining that success and shrinking your power to the point of disrespect. Then you don't really have success, to the full measure of the word. 

Again, you can't fake courage if you don't have it. 

​Decide now to be self-aware, confront your issues, and grow up quickly.

Fortunately, the world is not waiting for anyone.

I hate people who keeps on talking in circles, using a lot of word salad but conveying nothing in substance.

Just evading answering the questions, gaslighting and hurling accusations indirectly. 

I have an encounter recently with someone who speaks good but has no substance. 

And the fact that he's still talking to me is mainly a matter of curiosity or wanting to get a freebie.

I don't know which one.

But I'm certain that I don't have the patience for it.

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I attended an AGM of a local non-profit organization a few weeks ago.

And just hearing what the leaders said about their plans as against their current capacity and willingness to execute is contradictory.

In a few minutes I understood that they don't want to stretch themselves enough to achieve their aims.

Things like:

"That's business. I just want to run programs."
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"I was asking the Mayor to just give us a building and we can revitalize the whole neighborhood."

Another wishful thinking. 

Asked about what they can do to mitigate the risks of competing for funds with other organizations:

"We are above board. That was why we rushed to get a charity status."

If I'm the funder or the government, I would think twice before investing in this organization. Their head is on the clouds. It's time to either do what you promise your community or abandon the dreams for a lesser but more realistic progress.

Just my 2-cents perspectives.

You can't promise for five years and not deliver.