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Interesting! Did you want to lie as much as the people it seemed to work for, or did you want to lie just a little? Or was it really some other group of skills you wanted, which just resulted in lies incidentally?
Lying is a part of "social skills". It is not a necessary part -- you can usually avoid expressing opinions on topics where speaking truth would harm your image -- but it helps to make people feel better and do what you want.
I suppose most people are lying without being aware that they are lying; compartmentalization probably helps a lot. (But because I am not a good liar, you should not trust this hypothesis -- perhaps I am missing something very important here.)
I don't know what would the optimal amount of lying. It's probably context-dependent.