When someone tells you that it “isn’t true” or “it doesn’t happen to you”, you have a choice to either believe them or to stop questioning them. Sometimes we find it in ourselves to believe the things we shouldn’t, and I have had many people tell me I “didn’t say that” or “didn’t do that”. I did not say that or do that.
One of the biggest mistakes people make when they lie is to not believe them. You can’t just say, “Hey dude, are you sure you saw all of this?” We all make mistakes, but lying to yourself is one of the biggest ones. I would even argue that lying to others is one of the biggest mistakes you can make because it sets you up for all sorts of problems down the road.
The problem of people lies in what they believe and what they believe is often so warped that it is almost impossible to untangle them. Whether you are lying to yourself or others, it is just a matter of degree. It is so easy to make up the truth when you dont know if what you believe is the truth or if it is a lie.
We all need to take a moment to remember and accept that sometimes we are lying to ourselves and others. Sometimes this is because we are afraid to face our truth, or because we are so wrapped up in the lies of our beliefs that we are no longer confident in our actions. Most of the time we are lying to ourselves, but sometimes we are just lying to others.
I’ve talked before about the need to be open to and be honest with ourselves about our beliefs and that in itself is very hard. Sometimes we need to be reminded that we are not perfect and that we are not responsible for all that we may do and say. We are all going to make mistakes and we will all fall short of our expectations.
I think it is a good thing that we are giving ourselves permission to not be too perfect. Especially when we are in a group of people with similar expectations. People who believe they can make their own mistakes, that they don’t have to worry about making perfect choices, that they can be perfect in how they act. We can all make mistakes, but if we have the trust others have, and if we believe in others, we can all make the best decisions.
It’s not just about the mistakes we make, it’s about the way we make them. The same way that we can be wrong about what is happening in the world, we can also be wrong about how we think about it. We believe we can be perfect, and we can make mistakes, but what we can do is to look at what we’re doing and decide whether we’ll just let it go and get back on the right track.
And we can’t do this if we’re all the same…
If we look at a lot of the things that are going on in the world, especially in the world of tech it is all about the opinions of the people who are in charge of things. They are the ones, who have the power to make mistakes, and who do things that make sense. For example, the way that the CEO of Facebook is able to take in $50 million every single day is because he is an expert in information.
There is no excuse for a CEO to take in 50 million per day.
