Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Liar…. liar…. That is what you are…..

Telling the truth is not always easy. No matter what is your age or gender telling lies is somewhat easy to do rather than telling the truth. Sometimes when you are very used to lying, almost all of the time you will tell lies. Some of us even use this so called talent of lying to con on other people and gain profit.

Why do people lie?

Besides lying is their profession, people sometimes had to lie. We lied to protect something or someone, we lied to keep a secret that is very dear to us, we lied to get something, and etc. In short, lying is inevitable for all of us.

Catching people lying is quite difficult if we do not have the skill or knowledge to do so. This knowledge is very essential for us because it will help us deal with people around us accordingly. Lying is a wrong thing and when we do wrong things we will not feel calm. Actually that is how we can spot whether someone is telling the truth or lie.

We can spot someone telling lies by observing their behavior. Usually to really know someone behavior, we have to know them closely such as our siblings, spouse, parents, children, and closest friends. This is because we are used to them and if they act suspiciously we will notice easily. But we also able to notice someone else behavior if we know a little bit about their background. After knowing their background, all we have to do is approach them with proper question so that we can trap them if they are telling lies.

Some of the aspects to detect a liar are:

1) Know their background
2) Ask a few test questions to see whether they are telling the truth or telling lies.
3) See their body language such as facial expression, tone of voice, and movements

Well that is a little knowledge of spotting a liar that I can share with you. Again, the knowledge I shared I get it from a book. This book is written by ‘Gregory Hartley’ and ‘Maryann Karinch’. Gregory Hartley is an expert as an interrogator in the United States Army. He wrote this book base on the experience he had during the army and as a consultant. The title of this book is “How to spot a liar”. This book explains a step by step procedure in order to detect a liar and protecting our self from being exposed if we are lying. It is like a two way secret. Although most of the procedures are almost like an interrogation session but it also thought us how to apply it in everyday life.

If you feel that you want to know the truth from someone then this book is the most suitable source of reference. It also includes some practice for us to do if we want to understand better. Once we know the trick, we can easily apply it in business such as with our boss and co-workers, apply it in the job interview, and use it to love ones and anyone that we might want to get the truth from.

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