Dishonesty: It's everywhere
One of the hardest things to manifest in life is honesty. It doesn't come easily and needs an extreme amount of courage, strength, and wisdom. But here's the funny part about honesty, everyone thinks that they are honest, and almost no one will agree with the idea that they are dishonest. But why honesty is tough and why do people lie about it? There are three primary reasons for this, firstly, it is mentally exhausting to convince oneself of the truth than to accept a false idea. Secondly, most people can't see past the short-term benefit and thus they will lie in order to gain that particular advantage or opportunity. And lastly, one's brain doesn't want to associate bad things with their own self-image. Let's talk about the association of lies with self-image. One thing that evolutionary biology is super clear on is that our brain is not evolved to show us the truth, contrary to popular belief, it evolved primarily to protect oneself from the dangers of the w...