motivation
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How self-deception allows people to lie
We lie to ourselves to protect our self-images, which allows us to act immorally while maintaining a clear conscience. According to the very latest research, self-deception may have even evolved to help us to persuade others; if we start believing our own lies, it’s much easier to get other people to believe them, too.
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People post quotes for various reasons, including to express their beliefs, inspire others, share wisdom, evoke emotions, or simply because they resonate with the message. Quotes often condense complex ideas into concise and memorable phrases, making them easily shareable and relatable on social media platforms or in everyday conversation.
— By ChatGPT
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What are we hiding from ourselves?
What truths are we running from?
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Self-Deception: Why We Do It and How to Stop It
We all do it. We engage in self-deception—hiding the truth from ourselves about our true feelings, motives, or circumstances. When we’re deceiving ourselves, we’re denying evidence, logic, or reality and rationalizing choices or behaviors to serve a false narrative. We’re not seeing or viewing things accurately. Our self-deception can be conscious or unconscious, controlled or automatic, acute or chronic.
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scam
noun [ C ]
UK /skæm/ US /skæm/
a dishonest plan for making money or getting an advantage, especially one that involves tricking people:
- Banks often carry information about email scams on their websites.
- To avoid scams, never sign things in a hurry.
- an insurance scam
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“Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.”
— Hermann Hesse