Uncover Lies: The One Word That Reveals All
Detecting Deception: The Power of One Word
I find it interesting how people use the word “luck” in everyday speech. Luck happens to us by chance and can either help or hurt us.
Luck has nothing to do with what we do or how hard we try; it just happens.
Sometimes we have good luck. We correctly use this word to describe good things that happen to us by chance.
For instance, we are lucky if we are born fit and healthy. We’re lucky if the weather is nice on our day off so that we can spend it outside. It’s a pleasant surprise when someone buys us coffee and says, “have a nice day.”
It’s a big deal if we put a small amount into a slot machine and win a big chunk of money. At these times, things that happen entirely out of our control help us.
The opposite is also true: sometimes we have bad luck, which is a real thing that happens to us by chance and hurts us.
For example, experiencing a flat tire on our way to work is unlucky. If we have to wait at the airport for six hours to board the next flight due to the cancellation of our out-of-town flight, it’s not our lucky day. There’s no question that if we get a seat on the next flight, we’ll be in the back next to a crying baby.
Currently, we are experiencing severe consequences from events beyond our control.
Still, we often incorrectly use the word “luck” to avoid taking responsibility for our choices. We lie to ourselves and others if we blame good or bad luck for a situation.
For example, you might want to get in better shape but need more time to work out. You tell your very fit friend, “You are so lucky that you get to work out,” when you see them at the shop. I never have time to go to the gym because of work and home obligations.
In this case, you don’t take credit for choosing not to work out; instead, you say that you couldn’t get to the gym because of bad luck.
The truth is that most of us lie to ourselves, blaming luck all the time. Most of the time, we do this around people who force us to think about aspects of ourselves that we don’t want to accept.
For instance, when we are worried about our money, we tend to act out around people who are happy with their money.
We feel and say things like, “They’re so lucky to be able to go on vacation.” We tell people who like their jobs things like, “You’re so lucky to have such a great job,” when we’re not happy at work. “You are lucky that you have such well-behaved kids,” we tell other parents when our kids have behavior problems.
We don’t have to be lucky to go to the gym. We choose to work out, even when we don’t want to get up.
Most of us don’t just go on vacation because we’re lucky; we also do it to save money and skip some things we want today so we can go on a trip later. If we love our job, it may have been partly because of luck: We may have met our future boss at a random cocktail party, and that’s how we got our current job.
The rest, on the other hand, probably had no luck. To be competitive, we probably had to work hard and become good at the job.
The simple truth is that the word “luck” can help you distinguish between a lie and a liar.
When you say or hear it, ask yourself: Is this really about luck, or is it an attempt to avoid being responsible? Remember that we can only change if we truly understand reality.
To put it another way, we can lie less honestly.
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