The advantage of believing in what people tell you on your face is that you don’t have to worry about the game they play. We live in a world where people play games. They will say something and mean something else.
We have strategists, influencers, and others in the job profession for the same reasons. They can understand things from far away and sense the mood.
Most of us humans are simple people. We have a life to lead. We have rents to pay. We don’t have time to see, observe, and understand others from their actions, the game people play.