MAYBE WE ARE ALL BAD DRIVERS
James Meadows • May 9, 2017
Why is it that everyone drives worse than you do? Well that’s a good question. It seems everyone has that problem (me included!). It seems to be a common human problem.
On that note, Bill Ford (Ford Executive Chairman) was recently pondering the concept of cars that can fly. Now there’s a scary thought! Ford drilled down to a major concern (Kyle Stock. “Movers” Bloomberg Businessweek . 3/20/17–3/26/17, p. 13):
“ [Flying cars] had better be autonomous. Most people can’t drive two dimensions, let alone three. ”
Mr. Ford, I do believe you are correct!

We explore the overuse or inappropriate use of the words "honest," "honesty," and "honestly." Much of the overuse or inappropriate use of these words is in contexts that intrinsically message the audience that the speaker is not trustworthy. I call the overuse or inappropriate use of these words in this context HONESTY VALIDATORS because the speaker believes they validate the truth being spoken. We need a solution to this problem. My solution is to replace these honesty validators with CLARITY VALIDATORS. Instead of trying to be honest, try to be clear. Replacing "honest," "honesty," and "honestly," with "clear," "clarity," and "clearly," produces significantly more benefit to the speaker and to the audience.










