alt Hacker NewsThere's got to be a variant that is a 2x2 matrix of this:
Lie to others, lie to yourself (spiral together; either fantastically poor or spectacularly rich)
Lie to others, tell yourself the truth (manipulation, morally broke, but materially rich)
Tell others the truth, tell yourself the truth (integrity, barely scrape by)
Tell others the truth, lie to yourself (be used by the system, usually end up poorly)
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zaphar • yesterday at 5:49 PM
It's not really a rule of thumb that "Tell others the truth, tell yourself the truth" means you have to barely scrape by. Plenty of people make good money that way.
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k8sify • yesterday at 6:50 PM
cindyllm • yesterday at 6:05 PM
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I think the fourth would be "lie to those who want you to tell the truth".
His father's saying may have been: "There are three honest ways to make a living".
The fourth option is where scams and fraud live.