Lying can be good for you!?! From George Washington and the cherry tree to Watergate and Whitewater, everything we have ever learned tells us that lies are wrong. But if lies are bad, why do so many of us tell lies each and every day? Could it be that human relationships actually depend on skillfully inserted lies? In this intriguing study of the role of lies in human behavior, a noted Japanese psychiatrist and a successful businessman argue that despite everything we've been taught in America, lies make the world go round. They bring to light the benefits of lying that have long been hidden behind the universal belief that lying is wrong. The authors demonstrate how lying can be good for human relationships and show you how to tell a lie wisely.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Original Language: Japanese --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Kazuo Sakai, MD, is a practicing psychiatrist at the renowned Shibamata Clinic. He is also the director of the Shibamata Mental Health Laboratory where he did much of the research for this book. Nakana Ide is the pen name of a well-known Japanese essayist and publisher. He now manages a large book publishing company based in Tokyo.
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Intersting,
By Francisco Jose Peredo Noguez (Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Art of Lying (Paperback)
This book has an interesting perspective on lies. As humans, on many occasions, full access to all the information in a situation/relationship can produce unnecessary stress. This books reminds us that truth may make us free, but ignorance is, perhaps more than it should be, bliss.
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Misleading,
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The book sucks. A book titled "The Art of Lying", with calligraphy scribbled across it, instantly brings thoughts of Sun Tzu The Art of War. This book has none of the quality and splendor of the war gods ancient text. It gives short stories on lying to ones spouse and how it is lying. Instead of reading this book, go watch Jerry Springer and you will get the same feel.
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Lying presented as a craft,
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