Selective Honesty Distracts People

• Kindness and honesty can act as a form of distraction, as it disarms people from suspicion.
  • Parents use this on kids all the time.

Learn to give before you take, as it creates fertile ground

• Aiming for the heart corrodes the will of people to fight back.

  • The first encounter thus is better to portray honesty and generosity.

• No amount of honesty will fool people if your reputation is of deceit.

LOK: 2. Social
RL: The 48 laws of power
IDEAS: Honesty Deceit Control Manipulation Anti-manipulation Power
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