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/^t/Lying is not also alien to adults. It's now common practise to lie to your boss, the insurance agency, or a person interviewing you for a job. You innumerate your positives and virtues and tend to forget that you are a person with many shortcomings You lie in your teeth because the boss wants you to be a flawless character. And if you manage to dupe your boss or, in other words, your "performance" is good enough, you succeed in getting a job. As we can see lying skills can be of great help and since we live in very demanding times, and we are urged to be highly competative, some little, white lies can be considered as justifible ones since they can do you good and do not harm anybody.