Many people are economical with the truth for various reasons. But they do not realise that to cover up for one lie , you have to tell another lie, and it can often be a never ending cycle. So if you have made a mistake and not told the truth for any reason, it is better to apologise for your mistake and start again with a clean slate.
Archive for the ‘influence’ Category
Telling the truth
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Errors in judgement
Monday, November 30th, 2009One of the biggest mistakes you can make is underestimate the person you are dealing with. If you are lying or telling a story, the other person may know , but keep quiet. But it is difficult to work with the person in the long term if there are too many lies.
Intimidation technique
Friday, November 27th, 2009I got a letter from a company
We are a very big company, we have been in business for XX number of years, we have offices in A , B, C, D countries, so we do not steal money and you better believe it because we are a big company.
When I asked, please provide proof of payment , I have not got any reply from them.
Just shows how big companies threaten others.
Double standards
Friday, November 27th, 2009The winner writes history.
So similarly, the more powerful and influential person or company manages to do what they want and get away with it.
So do not put anyone on a pedestal, evaluate both their positive and negative points.
Stereotypes
Monday, August 10th, 2009One of the problems of lack of exposure and experience is that you tend to stereotype, believe in the fake images projected by the media. Most offline media companies have a few large advertisers and their editors consciously publish stories which reiterate this image.