I read this book when I was about three years sober, and I still had a lot of work to do. This short book without a doubt helped me become a better person and adjust my thinking around lying. It’s been about seven years, and I decided to give it another read, and it’s still a fantastic book that I recommend everyone read.

My one critique of this book now that I’m reading it again is that this book is too short to do the topic justice. I now have a lot more knowledge about morality, lying, psychology, and other topics, and there’s a lot that this book doesn’t cover. Most importantly, it doesn’t cover self-deception and how we lie to ourselves. There are more and more books coming out about “useful delusions” and a variety of great arguments about how they help us cope with life or give ourselves courage and more. This book covers a vary narrow scope of the topic, and I really wish Sam would write a new, longer book. He covers some of these topics on his podcast, but with his views on the topic, he would definitely have enough material to write a book on the topic.