Honesty for a Lawyer: The Importance of Honesty in Legal Practice

In a world full of lies and decisiveness, an advocate needs to give the glimpse of honesty to the people. Whatever the topic is a speaker must be honest from the introduction to the conclusion especially in persuasive speeches. In order to persuade people and call for action the information that is delivered must not be distorted neither omitted. When you are honest it means you are ethical, transparent and credible that will give you validation and a great impact on the audience. So this essay discusses the importance of honesty in a lawyer's profession.

In a preliminary study, honesty was found to be the source characteristic most highly associated with providing an accurate message. Honesty neglects the manipulation that sometimes people feel in persuasion. You can give them real life examples, statements from people who went through the topic you are talking about, how they are suffering or how they benefited from it and changed their lives. In addition to that, you can add your touch by telling them a personal examples and how it related to you by that they can see that you have the expertise and the background to talk about that specific topic, you will be empowering your honesty trait.

Moreover, the topic is about banning smoking and its negatives, and you your self have faced diseases from it by sharing a personal anecdote it will show the audience that you know what you are talking about. Or how boarding schools is not good for children, and you was sent to boarding a child “Once I got off that building I felt a ray of sunshine gently stroke through my face.” For sure by doing so you can attract and convince the audience more.

Playing on emotions is not manipulation and will not diminish your honesty, but it will empower it because by sharing touching stories like that boarding school experience does not consider manipulation it will help you engage with the audience and seek your modesty and honesty through this harsh experience.

Double think before you say any information that you are not sure of its source because that will distort all your speech. Because if sometimes the audience knows more and might correct or ask you about that specific information, but if you weren’t sure and did not answer them clearly that will break the bond and many people will stop hearing your speech. However by being fully aware and honest, when the audience ask you or try to play smart you can answer them smoothly and show them how much honest and transparent you are being through your speech which will create and unbreakable bond and a stone built bridge between you as a speaker and them.

As seen from the essay, honesty is an important attribute in persuasion that help in accessing the audience's minds, making them live the moment with you, believe you and trust you. Once the trust is achieved it means the topic that means the world to you they are being convinced by it and are willing to make a change and rescue the world from it by calling for an action, spreading the news and the help on social media and between the people they know. By that you achieved your goals and helped in changing people, schools, industries, country to something better and all of that because of your honesty, it’s the key to every locked problem.