Why Honesty Often Makes Us Lose

Core thought: “Honesty almost always makes you lose, except in very rare cases,” and “We live with people who need lies in order to believe...”

The greatest problem of an honest person is not that they tell the truth; it is that truth is too heavy for most people. People often prefer not accuracy, but narratives that make them comfortable. That is why honesty is not applauded; most of the time, it is left alone.

Still, honesty does not take its value from the result. Even if it makes a person lose, it protects them from being divided inside. Sometimes losing in the world is the price of remaining upright in one’s own conscience.