标题: The truth about lying 说谎的真相[领导阶层的转变] [打印本页] 作者: ljj216 时间: 2008-3-24 10:26 标题: The truth about lying 说谎的真相[领导阶层的转变]
Do you wonder what’s happened to people over the last century and into this one? What changed?
When did fudging, lying, dissembling, dissimulating, equivocating, falsifying, fibbing, inventing, misleading, misrepresenting, misstating, and prevaricating, become business as usual?
Leaders, followers, parents, kids; religious or not; whether business or personal, we all do it.
We lie to avoid confrontation; improve results; sidestep repercussions.
We lie to our friends, parents, kids, congregations, clergy people, bosses, workers, colleagues and service providers.
From why something/someone is late to income tax to stock option backdating/corporate results to campaign promises—the list is both endless and all encompassing.
Most of us don’t see ourselves as liars, usually because there are “valid reasons” for it.
But, sad to say, Plato’s words ring as true today as when he spoke them,
“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”
When did you last lie or fudge the truth?
What triggers you to do it?
