If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

—Mark Twain, author and humorist

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Truth leads to Trust and Trust leads to Success.

This is the last of the four chapters of My 13 Rules focusing on interaction. Nothing in this entire book will ring with integrity more than Rule #10, Tell the truth.

Living a Lie

Nobody likes the idea of having a negative label attached to their name. I’ll tell you the one to avoid like the plague—LIAR. It’s been said that even if you tell the truth for the rest of your life, once you lie, you are known as a liar. That’s how much of an impact even a single lie can have on your character ...

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