When I used to do executive assessments, people would ask me all the time, “What do you do if someone’s lying to you?” And I’d say, “What do you mean, ‘if’?” I assumed everyone was lying to me. Or more accurately, I assumed everyone was selling a particular point of view. Still do. When I’m [...]
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In the 1950′s, social psychologist Solomon Asch ran a series of experiments in which he discovered that acceptance by others is more important than being right. These are known as his conformity experiments. What Asch did was put individuals in a room with five other people who were all secretly part of the experiment. He [...]
This comment showed up today on a YouTube video I posted entitled, “Introverts: Keys to Acting Extroverted”: “What makes this guy think that an introvert wants to act? extroverted? It’s not our nature.” And here’s the top rated comment on the video: “Someone here has gotten being introvert and shy mixed up.. Introverts have absolutely [...]
I’m not aware of a word in the English language that means the opposite of “liar.” Are you? (I tweeted this question out a week ago; the closest I got was “truth-teller.” Unsatisfying.) Yes, we have truth, candor, honesty, and such, but we also have lie, fabrication, perjury, fib, and prevarication… amongst others. What’s interesting [...]
Wouldn’t That Be Great?! No. Actually, it would suck. For instance: Imagine planning a party. Nay; a wedding. The groom-to-be’s mother asks the bride-to-be if she’s picked out the dress yet. Bound to tell the truth, she answers, “No.” To which the mom replies, “Great! I have a close friend who’s a famous designer, and [...]
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