Lying

The first exception to your honesty destroys one of its most important benefits — the absolute trust of others.

untruth, however well-meant, can produce unintended consequences.

In fact, it’s a very easy way to jump into a box. When you’ve lied about something, your actions are restricted by the need to maintain the fiction you’ve created. You can no longer react freely and spontaneously to new developments; you always have to keep your guard up to avoid doing anything that might reveal your previous acts. Ironically, I th

I launched my first “integrity cleanse.” On New Year’s Eve, I made a resolution not to tell a single lie, of any kind, for the next full calendar year. This turned out to be a quick trip out of self-righteousness and into a clearer mind. If you ever want to try it, you can count on freeing yourself from innumerable errors. But you should also expec