Recently, one of my clients recommended that I compile a series of posts on the most important lessons I’ve learned over my 30-year career as a consultant working with over 500 different organizations. This is one of them: Most people would rather believe a comfortable lie than accept an uncomfortable truth…

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Very interesting.
Lies are present in everyday life. They can do considerable damage or be innocent white lies.
Certainly studying the correlates of successful lies, especially in the emotional context, can represent an effective way to identify them more easily.
However, I think that it is never worth resorting to lies, not only for an ethical question but also simply because the process of lying is extremely demanding and tiring, because those who lie not only invent a detailed and convincing story, but also have to control the express your emotions while telling it (including facial expressions and gestures) and be ready to answer possible questions from the interlocutor.