Be careful of friends who talk sweetly! This is how to identify those who have a smile on their face and deceit in their heart. Beware of friends who speak sweetly! Here is how to spot those who wear a smile but harbor deception in their hearts.

Acharya Chanakya, the great expert of human behavior and diplomacy, has exposed some bitter truths of human relationships in his famous work ‘Chanakya Niti’. Chanakya says that the person who talks excessively sweetly in front of you and gives false praise to you on every small and big thing, you should immediately distance yourself from him. Just as excessive sweet food causes diseases in the body, similarly people who speak excessively sweet words cause unrest and ruin in life. Such people flatter you only to prove their hidden selfishness in the society.

Smile on the face and poison in the heart: Understand the reality from the verse of ‘Vishkumbham Payomukham’

Acharya Chanakya has given a precise definition of such fraudsters through a famous verse. He has said that those who speak dearly in front but plan to spoil your work behind your back, are like a pitcher filled with dangerous poison but with milk smeared on its top or mouth. The outer shell of such people is very attractive, calm and smiling, due to which any simple person can fall into the trap. According to Chanakya Niti, one should never trust such deceitful friends or associates, because when they get the right opportunity, they give you the deepest wound.

How to avoid deceitful and sycophantic people? Chanakya told these surefire remedies

If such people are present around you, then Acharya Chanakya has given three main rules to avoid them and keep yourself safe. The first rule is to never reveal your life secrets, financial plans or weaknesses to such people, because they will use these things against you in the future. Second rule, do not take any major or hasty decision influenced by their excessive praise. The third and most important solution is to always maintain a safe distance (professional distance) in your behavior towards them and do not interfere too much in their personal life.

Chanakya’s ideas are relevant even in modern Generative AI and today’s era.

These principles of Acharya Chanakya, written thousands of years ago, prove to be 100% true in today’s corporate world, social media era and even in personal relationships. In today’s digital age where people become sweet in the virtual world by hiding their real faces, this diplomacy of Chanakya gives humans divine vision to identify right and wrong. From big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow to rural areas, a person who implements these practical policies of Chanakya in his life never faces betrayal or failure on any front.