Golfing and Trust
Reading Time: < 1 minute Are golfing and Jesus connected? Well, if you strain enough, they sure are.
The Fake Handbag of Destiny
Reading Time: < 1 minute In his book, “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone—Especially Ourselves,” Dr. Dan Ariely performed a study on people who owned knock-off items.
One Mistake That Leads People to Be Dishonest
Reading Time: 2 minutes Studies have revealed a habit that we’re all better off ditching sooner rather than later.
Good to Great: James Bond, Goethe, and Self-Slavery
Reading Time: 2 minutes “This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”
A Failure to Communicate: The Story of My Life?
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Simplifying important but complex messages can be a necessary and valuable approach for increasing the reach of those messages. But when simplification renders the message inaccurate, the mission is harmed.” —Dr. Heather E. Heying While I was on a quick, 24-mile hike with an acquaintance, she commented that I would talk about things which “made no sense.” While they made plenty of sense to me, and I was conveying correct…
Being Honest in Our Arguments and Avoiding Snowjobs
Reading Time: 4 minutes This meme demonstrates the importance of critically examining our own beliefs; of being willing to put forth both the support and flaws that our beliefs might have—in this case, the statements in the picture are deeply flawed to the point of possibly seeming deceitful upon deeper examination. We need to be honest about our convictions and reasons for them. I’ve seen (and have done this myself in the past, to…
Podcast: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty (Part 1)
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lucas goes through a fun lesson that’s interactive—you can play along as you listen, too! We learn about the lies we tell everyone, and especially ourselves, as well as how to overcome them, using scientific studies by Dr. Dan Ariely and others. Attached to this link is the slideshow in case you want to give the same lesson or just follow along.
Snow Jobs and Certainty
Reading Time: 2 minutes We need to be honest about our convictions and reasons for them. I’ve seen (and have done this myself in the past, to my great discredit) people hold a certain view, and proclaim it, while at the same time ignoring any evidence to the contrary, or even sweeping the contradictory evidence under the rug. Presenting sloppy and weak arguments is negative, but giving someone a snow job is much worse….
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty (Fake Sunglasses)
Reading Time: 2 minutes “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”