I guess the gentleman was around 40 years and 100 kilos. We were at the gym. In a rare moment that he was off his phone I asked “why are you exercising”? To lose weight he said. I said he should start by leaving his phone in the locker.
2 days later a personal trainer approached me and said that I had offended a patron of the gym. I asked, “if you were the trainer of the gentleman, would you not instruct the person to put his mobile aside?” He said YES. So, it is ok, and even expected, for the personal trainer to offer the same advice because it’s paid for and not free?
I got the “forthrightness genes” from my mother. This has been an asset in my life because it is combined with emotional intelligence, empathy and a deep routed ethic of right and wrong. This is my security for calling a SPADE A SPADE.
You don’t have to defend the truth; it will defend itself. It is cowardly to shut your eyes to facts. The only way to help people is telling them the truth.
Think Bigg-r 