When we think about dishonesty, we mostly think about the big stuff.
I did not have sexual relations with that woman where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down.
Thousands of people.
I've said it for longer than seven years.
I have never doped.
The answer is, I did not send that tweet.
My system was hacked.
I was pranked.
It was a fairly.
He goes, hey, I know a way that we can both make a little bit of money.
You give me information, I'm gonna trade on it.
I will split it three ways.
This kind of dishonesty seems so blatant.
So wrong, and you say to yourself, wow, I could have never done this.
Like, this is a different kind of a person.
That's not me.
I can't possibly be like that person.
This is Dan Ariely, researcher and author of the book the Honest Truth about dishonesty, how we lie to everyone, especially ourselves.
Dan says the truth about dishonesty might surprise you.
What separates honest people from not honest people is not necessarily character.