Let me provide you with just a few examples of why lies offer some of the absolute BEST options available:

Gets You out of Trouble

Have you done something bad? Something you shouldn’t have? Even committing a crime such as shoplifting or harassment? Just tell the authorities that you didn’t do it. Bada-bing, bada-boom, you’re out of trouble, scott-free. Or how about when you must stand in front of the judge? Lying under oath can provide some ripe opportunities, and some hefty consequences, so beware. Sooner or later, everyone who knows you will be so tangled up in the lies around your web of deceit, nobody will know what to believe anymore.

This is also one of the reasons you should never fall in love. You should find it nearly impossible to catch a partner or spouse in the act of cheating. Humans are preprogrammed for this, it’s in their nature. How anyone could put their trust and faith in a life partner is astounding. You’d be better off playing the game and not take any chances of committing to a relationship, given the probability that infidelity will occur.

Make Money

Just how many ways are there to make money off of false information? Tons. For example, telling someone you bought a computer for $5,000 when it’s real value is at $3,000 boldly increases your profit margin (Unless of course that customer you’re dealing with isn’t an idiot and actually knows a thing or two about computers).

On top of that, some people even build professions out of lies (Lawyers, Politicians, Media Personalities, and Salesmen immediately come to mind). Money makes the world go round, so why not reward yourself with a cut of profits? Earning cash can be as easy as you allow it to be, it’s just your morals that are the obstacle in the way, find a balancing point between the two. But hey, I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know.

How about an attempt at story fabrication? Not only do you get a chance to spread vast amounts of misinformation one way or another, people may actually spark an interest in your words and present you with a sweet payoff for your storytelling capabilities.

Save People from Pain

How many people want to be hurt from hearing the Cold, Hard Truth? Not many, I would suspect. How many women do you know enjoy being called “fat” from their husbands? Plus some people may have bad taste in style or fashion, or perhaps a lack of brain power, where their comprehension, mathematical skills, etc. are very low, and informing them of these truthful traits will deeply hurt their feelings.

Or how about imagining if there was a fire and the children inside would not leave the flaming building without some sort of ulterior incentive, such as candy or toys waiting for them on the front lawn? It has been reported that 3,245 people died in the United States due to a fire. Most of that high number have to be kids, because children are stupid. Seriously, what kind of idiot dies in a fire moving at a grand speed of 2 MPH?

Manipulation

Perhaps the greatest benefit from lying comes from deceiving people you may be close to for your own personal gains through manipulation. This can offer many rewards.

Since falsehoods are being discussed, verbal manipulation is most relevant. Convincing others to follow your leadership through persuasion based on an untruth can offer superb benefits, not to mention a nice ego boost along with it. Between white lies and full-blown distorted facts, manipulation is present in both scenarios, as long as you are smart enough to gain an advantage through them. Once you have control of all the information, power is right behind you and very easy to obtain. Remember the phrase “Knowledge is Power”.

Manipulation can be found in just about every type of event that takes place, whether good or evil. Some manipulate the cells in their body via a medicine tabulate to help them feel healthier. Others may manipulate an enemy by pouring poison into their drink and sharing with them it’s “source”, which came from an exotic island, whereas in reality it came from beneath the kitchen sink.

Increases your Willpower and Strength

Perhaps look at deception as one giant game, an art form, if you will. Oftentimes deception is required to further an agenda, which requires planning and strategical tactics, thus boosting your intelligence.

Through countless acts of misleading and betrayal, along with your own cunning, you can achieve great success. Is it at all possible to name one successful person who hasn’t told a lie to reach the top? Just remember though, make sure you don’t get caught, and most importantly, you didn’t hear any of these tips from me!

So what are you waiting for? Get out there and start lying to everyone you know today!

Let me start off by saying however, I was NOT apart of the “popular crowd”. However, I wasn’t a part of the “geek crowd” either, as a matter of fact, I wasn’t apart of ANY crowd, I was just ME. I never cared to become, or even attempted at reaching a level of popularity at that time in my life, I had the wisdom and the foresight to realize that no matter how popular one may become, it doesn’t mean squat in the real world.

Buuuuuut…………..

The social status is certainly achievable, and with a little manipulation, it is definitely possible to reach this position yourself. This is how I would have done it if I actually *did* care about becoming popular.

While it may be true that trends and fads change over time, and every high school throughout the world is different (I’ll be the first here to admit that I don’t know what the international school levels are, so I’m speaking from the American perspective.), the foundations of the plan undoubtedly remains the same.

First Step: Know the Playing Fields and Understand the Collective Groups of Peers

This is crucial, without knowledge of your peers and your high school settings, you’ll get nowhere. The guide I’m writing here won’t turn you into a popular student overnight, it will take proper planning and a few weeks (or months, depending on your current status) of scoping the and analyzing your potential strategies.

The first investigation involves the various groups available. Recognize your targets and make sure no one suspects your reconnaissance work:

1. The Jocks = Athletic, always discussing last night’s game with their fellow teammates and coaches, are often intimidating
2. The Social Butterflies = Always talking, making friends with just about anyone, and attend every social event the school offers
3. The Intelligent Ones (Non-Nerds) = Eloquent within their academic circle, yet smart enough not to associate themselves with the outcasts of the system
4. Other = Any other group that may be known either specifically to your school region or may have been ‘missing’ from this list

Step Two: Choose A Group and Plan

After an adequate amount of time has passed, the time comes where you have to choose a group and formulate a covert strategy.

TIP: Be sure you Pick a Group You Can Be Good At! You know you don’t belong in the athletic group if you only weigh 85 pounds and can’t even complete the mile run.

Some ideas to keep in mind as you develop your plan include:

• Start off small. You don’t want to rush into crazy events such as mooning everyone at the next pep rally or something similar. You’ll give your position away too early.
• Don’t hold back. This roller coaster ride of a plan will involve making friendships, destroying hearts, betrayal, and even subtle manipulation of events. The inevitability of the lack of emotional distraught means it would be wise to train yourself both physically and psychologically, and not grow too attached to any specific person or peer group.
• Be sure to cover all your bases. Missions rarely go according to the written game plan, so it is of the utmost importance that you have every possible angle covered, the shifting of original steps on the spot, and the calculation of every precise point in your overall strategy as you plan to dominate the battlefield of High School.

Next Step: When you feel Ready and Confident Enough, Craft and Execute your Plan

After careful timing and consideration, the time comes to set your ultimate goal in motion.

Remember, most teenagers are easy to manipulate, not the kids themselves exactly, but ranking highly among the social hierarchy of the school shouldn’t be too difficult of a task. Just about every school has one, and be aware that you are going to have rivals.

Don’t backstab your competitors immediately, it is important to have allies and improvising tactical advances in the Art of War is a necessity. You will get nowhere in this field of combat if you decide to go at it entirely alone.

The Fourth Step: Earn some Thought Out and / or Crazy “Popularity Points”

Popularity Points (PP) can be useful to raise your awareness of your current status during the school year. While these spcific numbers aren’t set in stone, they don’t apply everywhere, as specific groups require different point values. So use these approximate numbers to your advantage, where 0 PP means you’re the biggest loser on campus, and 100 PP means you’re Ruler of the High School:

• 2 PP = Earn an after-school detention, Attend the Pep Rally, Crack a witty joke in front of a crowd (+1 if during a class)
• 5 PP = Get a date and / or enter a relationship ( +5 if they’re at least somewhat popular), Start a fight, Score the winning point(s) at the end of the game in your respective sport
• 10 PP = Receive straight A’s for a whole year, Purchase and show off an automobile, Host a party at your home (-5 if your parents catch you)
• 25 PP = Win a prestigious title such as Homecoming King (or Queen), Win a Sports Championship, Sleep with a teacher
• -5 PP = Act like a pussy and back away from a challenge, break down in the middle of the hall, join the chess team or computer club

If you suck at mathematics, don’t use the above system I laid out, instead follow the guidelines, but go with your gut (or better yet, don’t even attempt to become popular, you can’t get to the top without knowing a little math).

It is also important to NOT repeat each point-earner. Spread out where you decide to earn points. Some people might find it a tad suspicious if you enter twenty relationships throughout the year, they’ll perceive you as a slut.

And the Final Step: Remain at the top until you no longer wish to

(If you haven’t obtained at least 100 PP in one year, go back to step four and try again.)

Now you’ve done it, you’ve climbed to the top the social mountain, congratulations!

Is it everything you’ve expected it to be? Are you truly happy with your current status as Champion of your High School?

Perhaps it becomes boring at the top, you may feel lonely up there, or there’s just too much attention for you to handle; whatever the reason is, bow out with grace. It is very easy to lose your status on top of the ladder, and difficult to regain that special status.

Whether you are happy at the top or not, as one final piece of advice, remember just how much this means to yourself and your friends (and just how much the rest of the world actually cares about it).

5. Respond with false interest

Here’s something to try, if someone just sent you an email claiming you need Viagra, tell them you would like to place an order on 100 subscriptions to it. And have them send it to a false address, preferably somewhere offshore and remote, so by the time they send it out, it’ll be to late.

But make sure you don’t use your real name, credit card numbers, etc. There’s no way you’d want them to gain hold of that information.

4. Spam them back

What is the primary reason spammers choose to spam? For money and business reasons. So if you concoct a plan to re-spam them back. Here’s what to do:

• If someone places a “Visit My Website” Comment on your blog or forum, first get a hold of their IP addresses to make sure it’s really the site owner or admin spamming you.
• Next, do some brief research on what their site is all about
• Then, visit their site and do the exact same thing, maybe even double the effort.

You should have a ball watching them work fast enough trying to clean everything up.

3. Mock them

Sometimes you may receive spam in a public place on the internet (such as a discussion forum, for example) promoting their product or website. Most of these spam messages will probably contain incoherent phrases in blog plugin posts or traffic generation posts.

Note however that this only works with the moderately intelligent spammers, as some just decide to spam and never return.

2. Locate and Destroy Social Manipulators

John Alexander uses this method on StumbleUpon and it guarantees to get some pretty nasty replies.

Some people like to spam social media sites for their own benefit with offers like “Stumble You, Stumble Me” (Which are against their Terms of Service, BTW). So why not have some fun and uncover their evil intentions to the rest of the social community?

1. Expose the Spammers for what they are

Take one of Adam’s blog posts for example. He captures the spammer’s information and finds some sick, twisted way to turn the tables on them.

This is an excellent way to obtain great thoughts on what to write about on his blog. So its a win-win situation for him, he gets to screw with spammers and have great website content at the same time.