honesty: My Dog Never Lies - 03/10/13 07:55 AM
 
Our dog Rosie never lies. She is smart, playful, sweet, and clever, but never deceitful. What you see is what you get, like it or not.
If she makes a request or sounds an alarm, she has her own valid reasons, even if those reasons seem to us to be incomplete. Her barks of alarm are never lies; they are always a call to action for the true situation as she sees it.
Does she ever bark when there is nothing really for me to be alarmed about? Sure. ("Yes Rosie, the school bus is big and beeps when it … (3 comments)

honesty: They Lie Because We Taught Them to Lie - 05/24/12 06:56 AM
 
Anyone that spends much time in real estate, or any sales-oriented work, knows that when the truth is told and is not the desired answer, most people punish. So to avoid being punished for telling the truth, people lie instead.
I had a phone call from a salesman recently. It was like many calls we all get periodically. I listened briefly. I understood the salesman and was not interested at all. This is where many people lie and say something nice like, “Well, send me some information and we’ll think about it.” Such a tactic can be particularly common in … (12 comments)