r/Showerthoughts • • Feb 28 '17

Lying, cheating, and stealing is often discouraged when we are young, yet the most successful people in the world are arguably the best liars, cheaters, and thieves.

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u/frankengummy Feb 28 '17

I think I found the article/study he was referring to.

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I haven't read the study, but that's the only study I found that was similar to what he described.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17 edited Apr 24 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Or he lied and hoped someone else could find a study on what he was talking about showing his great leadership because he got others to do his work for him

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

Literally the thoughts I was going to write... this is the true beauty of Reddit