15 Ways to Tell If Someone's Lying
Liars and lies can be hard to detect. However, there are 15 signs in this article. This article divides the 15 signs into verbal and nonverbal communication hints.
Verbal
Noncontracted denial Distancing language Specific denial Inappropriate tense Qualifying language An overemphasis on their truthfulness Religious references Euphemisms
Nonverbal
Smacking or biting the lips Grooming gestures, like playing with hair or picking off lint Hand wringing Excessive sweating Closed eyes Slumped posture Lowered voice
The article also notes that it is important to know how the person acts normally before assessing if there are lying.
Just because somebody smacks their lips and sweats doesn’t mean they’re lying. It’s important to extend the conversation when we see these signs, so the person returns to their baseline, when they act like their usual selves. “You need to know someone’s norm,” she said, before you can really start to interpret the indicatorsI think that most of these are accurate with the exception of lowered voice. Most of the time when people lie to me, their voice raises. However, I understand that some people try to compensate for high voices by lowering it.
What do you guys think of this list? Is this list inaccurate? How do you know when people are lying to you? When you are lying do you exhibit any of the things stated on the list? All comments are appreciated.
My grandpa once told me - The people who can spot liars the best, are usually the best liars themselves.
So true. Haha
I didn't believe #7!
5 Ways To Tell When a CEO Is Lying (Originally Posted: 04/12/2012)
I was reading this article in the Economist the other day and thought it would be relevant as earnings season gets underway.
A couple of Stanford professors recently released a study analyzing similarities among CEOs who knowingly manipulate the public during quarterly earnings conference calls.
According to the study, here are six signs a CEO may be lying:
Obviously this study assumes that all CEOs are knowingly lying, which isn’t always the case, but I still thought it was pretty convincing considering it analyzed over 30,000 transcripts. The one criticism I have is that these signs seem a little vague. These all seem like things that a CEOs/CFOs say in a conference call regardless of financial performance.
What are your thoughts on this? Have you noticed any actual examples where this is true?
Haha, I know. At first I felt that it was kind of out there. Now, I see that some people use religious references, although I never attributed it as them lying.
Are you new to the internet or something?
As an employee myself, I believe that CEOs sometimes need to lie especially if finances are not well so as not to alarm his subordinates. He has the responsibility to keep the work environment peaceful to maintain productiveness in the office.
I think that most of a CEO's job involves manipulating people on a daily basis (I don't necessarily mean in a Machiavellian way). He is looking out for the good of the company, shareholders and his own paycheck. I agree with above that there are times when he is going to lie so as to avoid massive complications or PR nightmares. I still find it very interesting that when they are lying they are mainly distancing themselves (knowing it is coming) or making others agree with them with phrases such as "as you know" so as to make it look like a 'suprise' to everyone.
CEO's need to keep their shit together and lying is part of the job details.
What's the article's name ? Thanks
The economist article is http://www.economist.com/node/16847818, and the link to the study can be found at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1572705
interesting +1 SB for you
OP what do u mean by:
"Obviously this study assumes that all CEOs are knowingly lying, which isn’t always the case"
Only knowingly making false statements is considered lies, otherwise it wouldn't be a lie.
Just curious, why were you reading a two year old Economist article?
haha fair question, I was doing some research on earnings season and this article somehow popped up in the search results.
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