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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3017 - Q&A: “How do I balance transparency with professionalism?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we tackle the tricky balance of being transparent with your audience while maintaining professionalism. How can you build trust without oversharing or compromising your credibility?

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0:00.0

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0:07.4

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0:12.5

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0:19.5

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0:26.3

Lemonada.

0:30.9

How do you balance transparency with professionalism? I like this question. A listener is basically wondering,

0:41.4

you know, if they're struggling a little bit, they're feeling overwhelmed or facing some delays,

0:45.5

perhaps in their business. How much of that should they share with potential customers or clients?

0:50.9

Do you keep it strictly professional? Do you not talk about that at all? Do you share everything? Well,

0:55.6

you probably don't want to overshare, right? I'm sure there's some balance. How do you strike the right

0:59.1

balance between openness and maintaining your reputation? Great question. We've got listeners out there

1:04.6

doing all kinds of interesting things. And this is just real life, right? Like these are real issues

1:09.4

that we all face in different ways.

1:11.5

So let's talk it out. We're going to hear the detailed question from Josie and then my answer coming up in just 30 seconds.

1:20.9

Every hustler needs the right tools. Meet JLab, wireless keyboards, mice, and headsets that work as hard as you do.

1:28.1

From crystal-clear calls to seamless multitasking, J-Lab has your workflow covered.

1:33.0

You might be taking a call, leading a meeting, grinding on your next big idea.

1:37.2

This work-ready tech keeps you connected and in control.

1:40.0

From headsets, microphones, keyboards, and mice, all those good things.

1:43.7

Your grind won't stop with JLab.

1:46.0

Just look for the blue box at retailers everywhere or shop JLab. Again, wireless keyboards and

1:50.7

mice, webcam, headsets at JLab.com and use code hustle for 15% off your order today.

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