Everyone lies the only question is the degree to which one lies. Lying in business situations is particularly common so a good entrepreneur needs to be able to be a human lie detector to know how to tell if someone is lying.
In fact, lying in business situations is very common. Actually, individuals are far more likely to lie to a co-worker or a customer since they want to maintain a certain persona than they are to lie to a stranger who they likely will never see again.
This is why we have created a series of posts to help small business owners how to become a human lie detector and discover if they are being lied to by employees, customers, and vendors.
Lying in business situations is very common. Most people are poor human lie detectors because we want to believe the lie rather than look for clues that the other person is lying.
When you suspect an individual may be lying, it may be time to ask a few questions to see how they react to give you further evidence of their deceptions.
Wouldn’t it be nice if you were a human lie detector and could recognize if someone is being less than truthful? Well, there is a science that has identified ways to detect if a person is lying or being less than truthful just through observation.
To learn more about lies I recommend the book Spy the Lie by Susan Carnicero a former CIA officer.
