Lying costs your brain measurable energy. A study shows even small lies force your mind to work harder monitoring false statements. The speaker tried committing to truth in all interactions and felt noticeably sharper, with less mental clutter from managing untruths.
I read a study on the metabolic impact of lying. Even little lies. Lying, just not telling the truth. And there are people who practice only telling the truth. And even in the smallest way. Example, someone says, hey, can you pick me up at the airport? You go, sorry, I can't make it. The reality is, you can make it. The truth is, I'm not going to make it. Right? And just those little things. And so I started doing this a while ago. And the amount of free energy in your brain when you never have to have that little voice that goes, oh, that isn't quite true. So you just work on always being. Being truthful. It doesn't mean you have to tell everyone everything. But what it means is that the words you say are true to the very best of your knowledge.
