Poker, tells, and fear in business

We want to be reliable, honest people but sometimes we have to lie or bluff to protect ourselves or our position.

We don't want to lie too much because we will get called on it at some point and possibly lose. 

To operate effectively in business, though, we have to take risks and lie sometimes; we have to BS and take chances.

As participants in the same messy world, though, we have to also become very good bullshit detectors and know when someone is lying to us.  We don't have to call people on their BS when we see it but at some point we can make them face the music and show their cards.