The Story of the Lyin' Tamer™...
The name of this site has a history that long
pre-dates the internet. Here's a small story of a small
person who grew up to become a lyin' tamer...
One morning in a suburban Boston checkout
line, a bell-bottomed girl begged her mother for a pack
of Bubble Yum. "Not today, sweetie--we need to buy
other things", my mother said. In the complex workings
of a four-year-old mind, such information is interpreted
as: "we are poor." Fortunately for the Driver
family, I had a clever plan...
As my mother put away the groceries, I walked
up the neighbor's porch and rang the doorbell. Greeted by
Mr. Perez, I described the deep financial abyss into which
my family had recently fallen. Minutes later, I entered
our kitchen and proudly handed my mother a crisp one dollar
bill. We were rich! Or so I thought. To my confusion, not
only was she mortified, but she also made me return the
money. What did it all mean? How else was I to interpret
her obvious plea for help in the grocery store? Immediately,
I vowed to never be misled again.
People call me the Lyin’ Tamer™
because that's who I am! Since I was barely out of diapers,
I've been researching, developing, and years later, instructing
courses on trends, issues, and effective techniques in detecting
deception, rapport building, body language, relationships,
and cognitive interviewing.
I am the possibility of truth. I
am the Lyin’ Tamer™!