Of course no one will be 100% transparent because somethings are too personal. Yet, an authenticity exists to admitting one's defects upfront and later refusing to act on them. The alternative is trying to be as charismatic as possible(like an actor and or politician) while waiting for others to discover one's defects. Actors and politicians are often not taken seriously because everyone has some defects, demonstrated or not.
References:
Book Respectfully and Unfortunately, The Improbability of, and Da...
Book Highly Theoretical Differential Equations of the Afterlife