Claiming to know what you don't know

Don’t claim to know what you don’t know.

“I know” might be the most common lie to be told. And it’s very much an instinctual response that must be outgrown.

People often claim to know what they don’t know, because for some reason they believe that accepting that they lack knowledge about something lowers their value. So, they pretend, lie, and put on a facade and act like they’re knowledgeable.

But here’s the thing — they can pretend and fool people only for so long. Sooner or later, people are going to know that they’re full of it and don’t have any integrity. And nothing makes people lose respect for someone more than a lack of integrity.