Might not 100% truth telling interfere with interpersonal skills?
Of course, if everyone in industry tells the truth, costs and performance will be improved. J: On the contrary, being honest 100% of the time makes it easy. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. What you’re talking about is managing conflict. Someone once said that honesty is where what you say and what you think are the same as what you do. But of course you can say things that minimize conflict. L: To what degree is it possible to cut the federal budget? How would you go about cutting? J: I faced the same situation in New Mexico as the president faces. I could have cut big government in New Mexico drastically and no one would have noticed. (That is, these government employees produce no value for the economy.) The spending train is out of control. But the Democratic legislature fought me and the courts handed down adverse rulings. The legislature was 2 to 1 Democratic. Common sense has gone out the window. First you have to stop the spending. The time is ripe fo
