On the surface, a duplicitous life has its perks. It appeases people and provides the answer people want in that moment.

In reality, deceitful living will cost you your integrity, character, and peace.

The multiple realities duplicity creates cannot be kept up indefinitely.

Now, pride will tell you rules don’t apply to you. You’re the exception—but know that’s not the case. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote,

“No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude,

without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.”

Today, I challenge you to remember that the strongest center you can have in life is truth. I’m Mac Hammond; this is the Winner’s Minute.