Even though everything I wrote in Trust Me, I’m Lying was based on my personal experience, somewhere in the back of my head I always worried that my colleagues might say, “Ryan, c’mon, it’s not that bad.” Maybe they would say I was cherry-picking or being cynical. In fact, no one said that. The overwhelming reaction from people in the business was “Ryan, it’s even worse than what you say.” Except for one thing. They would only say this in private. They would e-mail it to me or pull me aside at parties to tell me, but in public many of these same people criticized the book. Or called me names.
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