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Jon Huntsman:
Everybody knows in their own heart of hearts, and often times people close to you also know if you're a straight shooter or if you are not.

Jon Huntsman, author of the book, Winners Never Cheat…

We have to separate making an honest mistake from intentionally trying to hurt somebody or cheat somebody. In the long run they always win out. And nice guys do finish first.

Jon is a self made billionaire, philanthropist and father of nine. One of his sons is the governor of Utah. Jon says when you cheat…

You've always got to be looking over your shoulder; you've always got to be wondering who knows that I did this. You're a little bit on the run all the time when your word isn't your bond or when you've cheated somebody. You know, I tell the story in the book about when I'm a young boy and I reach in and try to take an ice cream sandwich out of a … they've just been invented in those days…and the lady in the store asks me if I was going to pay for it and I didn't think that she had seen me take it. I took it back sheepishly and she never said another thing. But I thought about it every day of my life. It wouldn't have been worth it because she would have known and I would have known all through her life that I stole that. And that's how it is when we do things that we shouldn't be doing; our conscience never leaves us alone.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.