Trust Cannot Survive Lies
Trust cannot survive when honesty disappears entirely
Sep 6, 2026 · 12 min · 15 segments
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So one question you could ask, first of all, I think you should reasonably minimize anybody in your life who perpetually, compulsively lies.
It ain't going to get better, okay? So moving from there, though, at the moment, it's always good to ask questions.
And a lot of you, I have to push you to ask questions when you have dialogues with people in your life about situations, is to say, what made this thing so important to you? I mean, in your own head, it might be, who would lie about this? This is so ridiculously dumb and small and microscopic and who cares? They do.
Find it out by saying, what made this so important to you? This seems very important to you.
Yes, impressed with how many people you can watch being interviewed, read their comments, where they're blatantly, it's, I mean, everybody standing within 5,000 miles knows they're lying.
They know they're lying and they're okay with it because there's something else to be gained.
Sometimes people lie because, like in your family, they tell you a lie because they don't want to disappoint you.
Well, then why didn't you actually just do the thing? Then you actually would not disappoint me.
Once because you didn't do the thing and you're lying and saying you did or didn't, whichever way it goes.
When in the first place, you should have handled it honorably and correctly.
So one question you could ask, first of all, I think you should reasonably minimize anybody in your life who perpetually, compulsively lies.
It ain't going to get better, okay? So moving from there, though, at the moment, it's always good to ask questions.
And a lot of you, I have to push you to ask questions when you have dialogues with people in your life about situations, is to say, what made this thing so important to you? I mean, in your own head, it might be, who would lie about this? This is so ridiculously dumb and small and microscopic and who cares? They do.
Find it out by saying, what made this so important to you? This seems very important to you.
Yes, impressed with how many people you can watch being interviewed, read their comments, where they're blatantly, it's, I mean, everybody standing within 5,000 miles knows they're lying.
They know they're lying and they're okay with it because there's something else to be gained.
Sometimes people lie because, like in your family, they tell you a lie because they don't want to disappoint you.
Well, then why didn't you actually just do the thing? Then you actually would not disappoint me.
Once because you didn't do the thing and you're lying and saying you did or didn't, whichever way it goes.
When in the first place, you should have handled it honorably and correctly.
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