Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth: evaluation

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…And so I'm here for all of it. My assumption from what you're describing is this idea of truth is very important to the way you think and work. My reputation does precede me on this point, I'm afraid, which is, you know, I think when I was young, I saw being honest, and I was wrong, by the way, I saw being honest as like kind of a get out of jail free card. You could say whatever you wanted, as long as you're being honest. That's just not the case at all. I've read about this before, but by far, my biggest professional regrets... were me not being kind. And I used to think, like I wrote this note a while back called Be Kind, where being nice, that's like patronizing or telling somebody things that are half-truths or just like getting by, and I'm against that. But being kind isn't that. Being kind is like, hey, how can I deliver this feedback in a way that is actually productive and helpful, in a way that is gonna help them and not cause them just to feel bad and helpless? And I think I did that wrong a lot as a young man. And so being honest is still a big part of my personality. No one would ever accuse me of being dishonest, who knows me. And I think people understand and respect that I'm pretty direct. And if I have concerns or issues, I'm going to bring them up. I'm just much better at bringing them up now and expressing a true care and belief I wouldn't bring it up if I didn't think we could do better, if I didn't think we could fix it. I didn't believe in the situation. And so being honest is still a huge part of my identity. And I think that's something I'm very proud of. But I will say the contextualization of how I'm honest has changed immensely since I got this tattoo. That seems reasonable. This touches a little bit on something I definitely wanted to talk about, which is one of your most classic pieces. And this is the way I first learned about you is a piece that is called Communication is the Job.…

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