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Lies. We hear them everywhere. Be it from the mouth of a politician glossing over the facts or a desperate student trying to cover up for his night of hedonism and disregard for homework, lies are being told all over the place by just about everybody you can name.
What Is a Lie?
A lie is an untruth, a deviation, big or small, from what is known to be real. It is a false statement deliberately presented as being true, thus misrepresenting a situation or giving a totally wrong impression about something.
There are generally two types of lies - white lies, which do little or no damage, and black lies, which can do detriment to the deceiver or the deceived when the truth is found out.
The People who Lie
Everybody lies. Admit it - you do as well. There is probably not a single person who has ever lived who has not once in his life told a falsehood or misrepresented the truth, regardless of whether it was unintentional or if he told it so that someone else's feelings would not be hurt - or if he did it for more sinister reasons.
Why People Lie - a Summary
* Greed - for power, for advantage, for money, for admiration
* Fear - we are sometimes driven to lie by fear - usually of what will happen if we tell the truth
* Acceptance - no man is an island. We find ourselves doing whatever it takes to be accepted, to be liked and appreciated
* Habit - compulsive liars lie compulsively because they are used to it
When everything depends on just one tiny lie, we forget that in order to correct one lie, seven others have to be told.
My ADV|CE – always tell the truth…even when it hurts.