This is it really a full lecture here.
It's more of a side note disclosure when you're trying to persuade people don't lie.
Number one it's just not a nice thing to do.
Number two I hope you have ethics that would preclude that.
I know there are some wildly successful people in the world who everybody knows they're liars and they're
successful and they're billionaires and sometimes they have high political offices and powers but I'm
assuming you want a career for the long term and you care about your reputation and you're not just
after one quick approval of a budget today or one quick sale.
You want to build a career you want to build a reputation you want to build a legacy so don't lie.
Be truthful be confident that your statements when you're trying to persuade someone in any other time
will stand up to scrutiny and that a fair minded person who really looks at what you've said and had
a lot of other available facts in front of them would conclude that you were honest and ethical and
fair and maybe you didn't convince the person.
But people still have a strong sense that you're a fair decent person because ultimately if you want
to persuade more and more people your reputation as someone who's honest is crucial.