What signs have you personally observed that tip you off that someone is lying? Whether in business, with a girl, family, etc...
I will start with one that I have personally picked up on. Even numbers.
Most of the time someone uses very even numbers to establish a value I have found that they are lying. Examples:
I am in sales and I a making 100K.
I have never met someone who makes 100K which is 8333 a month. Everyone who has said this to me was making more like 40-60. However if someone said to me "last year I made 135" it is far less likely they were lying.
My company is worth 20 million
Same as above vs someone who says "based on last years earnings before interest and taxes using a 3 times EBIT multiplier we are currently valued at 12.4 million."
I have only been with 5 guys.
There is a post about this here.
Nice even number = lie here.
What signs or tells have you noticed tip you off that a person is lying?
I will start with one that I have personally picked up on. Even numbers.
Most of the time someone uses very even numbers to establish a value I have found that they are lying. Examples:
I am in sales and I a making 100K.
I have never met someone who makes 100K which is 8333 a month. Everyone who has said this to me was making more like 40-60. However if someone said to me "last year I made 135" it is far less likely they were lying.
My company is worth 20 million
Same as above vs someone who says "based on last years earnings before interest and taxes using a 3 times EBIT multiplier we are currently valued at 12.4 million."
I have only been with 5 guys.
There is a post about this here.
Nice even number = lie here.
What signs or tells have you noticed tip you off that a person is lying?