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Instructions
Believe Your Lie
A famend American philosopher named George Costanza once opined, "It's not truly a corker whether you credit it." Georgie Boy had no concept how due he was. The human brain is an certainly astonishing organ, capable of incredible amounts of rationalization. Provided you can somehow convince yourself that you are telling the accuracy, then as far as your psyche is concerned, you're not a liar. As a corollary, there Testament be no deviation from your baseline behaviour, no leaking, no liar's regret and no inconsiderable clues. Through you esteem you are telling the exactness, you Testament check in as provided you are telling the axiom.
"Huh?" you divulge. We include two responses: (1) Barricade saying "huh?" while we're talking; and (2) an contingency Testament fabricate all matters unclouded.
Let's conjecture that a prospective Director asks you whether you keep ever smoked marijuana, and for the gain of discussion, you smoked pot yesterday. How can you defamation persuasively?
What provided you told yourself this: "The mark of pot is to receive aerial. You can exclusive gratify elevated provided you inhale. So someone single actually 'smokes' pot when he inhales. I did not inhale. Ergo, I am comfortable saying that I did not 'smoke' pot." When that doable Director asks provided you admit ever "smoked" marijuana, you can with faultless facilitate send, "No," in that you in truth count on that you did not. If the person was at your doorstep, it would be a little tougher to lie, but you'd probably be able to do it (unless it was a Girl Scout). If it were your brother at the door, everything would change. You care what your brother thinks; your brother knows your baseline behavior well, and it would be tough for you to tell your story with a straight face without feeling a little bit bad.
To recap: Remember what you've learned.
1. Have as little contact with the target as possible. If it's a random person on the phone taking a survey, you would have no problem lying. You're unrestrained (and all the more eligible to be Head of the state of our beneficial society)!Let's peep another paradigm from the skillful liar himself: Price Clinton's statement that he "did not have sexual relations with that woman." According to his testimony, "sexual relations" require a pleasuring by both parties, and since Mon did all the pleasuring, he was comfortable in claiming that he did not have sexual relations with her. Even if you are a Republican and believe that Slick Willy's explanation is a lie, you get the point: If you can somehow convince yourself that you're telling the truth, all of the psychological and physiological indicia of lying disappear, and you are home free. If a policeman were at your door, you also might have trouble lying. True, he doesn't know your baseline behavior, but you sure do care what he thinks--because there would be tremendous pressure on your psyche to play it cool, it would be difficult to focus on maintaining your baseline behavior.
2. Practice. When Officer Lockemup is standing in front of you, analyzing you for nervous behavior, your well-practiced story of how you don't smoke marijuana because it's against your religion is safely stored in your brain. Now when it's time to talk, you'll feel confident, comfortable and less prone to wild sweating.
3. Use details. All 300 lbs. of Lockemup is standing in front of you, asking if you smoke marijuana. Your answer is not, "No. It's against my religion." Your answer is "No. I'm a member of the Twelfth-Day Adventists, and it is strictly forbidden by our God to ingest any plant-based smoke. Would you like to attend a prayer meeting tomorrow at 4 a.m.?" OK, this is a little ridiculous, but you get the idea.
And there you have it! You now know all that is necessary to be a great liar. Go out there and become the best darn lawyer you can.
