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The impact of opportunity cost on personal and professional life
Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of different choices
Understanding the concept of opportunity cost
Lies Motivated By Desire for Material Gain
When a desire for material gain motivates lying, the consequences are likely to be negative.
One factor that prevents people from lying for personal gain is the need/desire to see oneself as a moral person.
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Lies Motivated By Compassion
When we decide to lie, we privilege some other value over honesty. The value is often compassion, as people lie more about their feelings than about anything else.
Those who tell prosocial lies are often viewed as more trustworthy and more moral than are people who tell harsh truths...
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Desire to Maintain a Positive Self-Concept
- People sometimes lie to themselves or others out of a need to see themselves positively.
- People often experience greater positive emotions when exaggerating their intelligence or skill to themselves or others.
- Liars driven by the desire to see themselves posit...
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When you consider your decisions, are you motivated by desire or fear?
- If you are motivated by desire, you will tend to see the positive in every situation. You are motivated by goals and rewards.
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Why we lack the courage to step up
Most of us think we will have the courage to confront someone to do the right thing, but we will often fail to step up when actually facing a situation.
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