How to lie like a pro

How to fool people who think they know all the ways to spot a liar

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• - a good memory
• quit thought

1. look them in the eyes. don't avoid the situation

2. look to the upper right when u lie. smart people know that memory access make u look to the right, and making something up makes ulook to the left. this is handy when dealing with a psychology guru

3. don't change the subject

4. tell your story and then stick to it. have all the answers to the questions they will possibly ask. don't change the information and don't state it more than twice. put a bit of truth in there and use stuff that recently happened to justify your lie

5. don't rush off when they accept the lie. this is the time to change the subject. when you do tell them something that happened to you that day. it will keep them from thinking you are trying to take the focus off yourself.

6. if they still don't believe you don't tell the truth. just stick to your story and say "if you don't believe me that's your choice, but it doesn't change the facts.

Tips & Warnings

• don't be afraid to make up really crazy excuses. The idea is to come up with something that no one could ever make up. and then make it up.
• if your lost for thought, play dumb, but not too dumb. give a possible answer to the question, but tell them you don't know
• don't be defensive. defend yourself, but don't get angry.
• don't fidgit. or touch yourself too much, or seem distracted.
• if all else fails don't tell the truth. even if they know you're lying, if u tell the truth you are giving in and will come off as weak and it will ruin your credibility in the future
• if this is dealing with a cop and are sure you can get away with the lie unless they scare yo uinto telling the truth don't give it up. they can only go to the d.a. with an idea and he won't go for it if he can't prove it. tell the truth and ur arrested.

[objezione]

on 8/15/2009 Interesting article. Body language truly is key here.
And, a short reply to what MichaelJMotta had said, lying can be considered a form of psychology. Lying is a deceptive act of deliberately convincing somebody else of something that contradicts the truth of the matter. It's no surprise she might write about "How to lie like a pro" when psychology generally has to do with people and how they think. And one more thing, anybody can be an author. I love to debate, so would you expect me to write a novel about a lawyer? Maybe. But that doesn't limit me from writing whatever I want. I can write a cookbook if I wished to do so. Therefore, your point is invalid, so please rethink your statement before making judgment. Thanks. :)

[deathspasm]

on 10/23/2008 umm. duh!

[princessg]

on 8/9/2008 Writing fantasy books certainly doesn't preclude her from being a psych major at Penn State. Many people are writers on the side of whatever else it is they're doing.

[deathspasm]

on 1/30/2008 hmm. i would have to say neither. I'm not entirely sure that i am offended as i do not really know how i may sound to others looking at the first how to i put out. i know it is not my best work, but neither do i think it will qualitatively suggest that i am a liar about my point of study. it is simply a method which i have put into good use myself on numerous occasions. having said that i don't think i can respect you for calling me out as you say, for there is nothing to call out. i am indeed a psych major and therefore you are found to have misjudged me, though i do agree that some amount of respect must be given into the fact that you're not some dummy who puts no thought into what they are reading.

[MichaelJMotta]

on 1/28/2008 Given that you wrote this article AND that your profile states that you "write fantasy books for both teens and adults", would you hold it against me if I doubted that you study psychology at Penn State (per your profile) or would you respect me for having paid enough attention to your presentation that I'd call you out? ;)