"Oh! What a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive."
- Sir Walter Scott

 

Some people think they’re so smart. As if their trickery and manipulation will never catch up them. Eventually, though, these people always end up caught in their own web of lies.

Here are four reasons why honesty is the best policy, other than because your mother says so:

1. Deceit is transparent.
Most people can sense when a person is coloring the truth. Artifice often backfires.

2. You may fool someone once, but you can never fool her twice.
Also, people talk, but angry customers shout from the rooftops. If you develop a reputation for trickiness, you'll never achieve your maximum potential.

3. It takes more energy to lie than to be honest.
Ultimately, success is about applying your limited energy in the right places. It takes creativity to be a good liar. Use that creativity and energy to make a better (and more genuine) pitch.

4. Karma.

I can't explain it. I have no scientific basis for it. I just believe in it.

If you cheat people, bad things will happen to you.

 
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5 Comments on Why Honesty is The Best Policy

JUL
12
2010
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You are right.  Doing the right thing in the first place is easier in the long run.
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Jim, it goes back to your own personality and ethics. The people that try and fool someone usually don't realize they are being caught.
11:25am • #2
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I agree.  I firmly believe that my memory isn't good enough to maintain a lie!  Tell the truth and one needs no stories!!!  I totally believe in the golden rule - I even have it in my profile.  I like to believe everyone is trustworthy and honest, but woe if they are not...  :)  Thanks for your post!
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Jim - great post and I whole heartedly agree. And I also believe in Karma as well!
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Thank you for your comments everyone! Sometimes maintaining your integrity is hard, but it's really the only course we have if we want to be able to look at ourselves in the mirror.

Warm regards, 

-Jim
4:44pm • #5


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