​I saw this saying on a poster when I was working out at the YMCA recently. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned in life this is it. In recent years, a number of college athletic coaches have lost their jobs because they inflated their resumes with false claims about graduate degrees they had earned when, in fact, they hadn’t. It was the wrong thing to do and they knew it, but their excuse was, “other coaches are doing it.” A few high ranking military officers have done the same thing with regard to wearing ribbons and medals on their uniforms that they really didn’t earn. When their lies were made public, their careers were over. The lesson is clear. If you want to list a Masters Degree on your resume, earn it. If you want to wear certain ribbons on your uniform, earn them. That’s doing the right thing and when you do the right thing, you have nothing to worry about.