While transparency is good for team alignment, there are strategic situations where concealing intentions or using deception is necessary to navigate competitive environments.

“There are circumstances where revealing everything that what you about what you're planning to do is actually very counterproductive.”

Chris Paul believes that in any competitive game or activity, one must think in layers and observe patterns to achieve success.

“In any and everything you do, you have to have a strategy, right? Whether it's a card game or anything and you just have to think different layers. You can always play, right? Just play, but if you can think the game, too.”