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“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear”

Thomas Sowell

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Helping people means being honest with them. Pleasing people for your own benefit means saying what they like to hear.

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Authenticity Ethical behavior Helping others Honesty Integrity Manipulation Morality Relationships Self-interest Truth
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