Derek Thompson
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And frankly, increase our motivation to continue to participate.
Maybe I can, a lot of this is highfalutin neuroscience and psychology, but maybe it's useful if I tell a quick story of how this changed my life.
Would that be all right?
Sure, great, do it.
Yeah, so this is a very personal story.
It's always hard to tell, but I think it's illustrative because a lot of people have similar issues.
But this is what happened with my mom a few years ago.
So a few years ago, my mom had her 74th birthday and I wanted to do something very nice for her.
And so I wanted to buy her some flowers.
The problem was that she was in Central Florida where I grew up and I was in Singapore where I was living at the time.
And I went through a lot of trouble to try and get her those flowers.
I had to find the florist with the best reviews in town and I had to call them up and make sure they would deliver on time, that they wouldn't melt in the Florida heat and, you know, that wouldn't spoil.
And so I went to bed at night at like one in the morning and I went to bed and I said, you know what, Nir, you put in some good effort and she's going to love the flowers and that, you know, but you're a good son.
Good job.
Uh, that's not what happened.
I called her up the next day and I said, Hey mom, happy birthday.
Did you get the flowers I sent?
To which she says, yes, I did.
Thank you.
But just so you know, the flowers that you sent were half dead and I wouldn't order from that florist again.