Dr. Ellen Langer

Well, so for my mindfulness book, which I wrote way back when, the secretary I had then was a wonderful guy but didn't know anything about computers and I knew less. And so I would give him something and I'd say, you know, insert this, page 20, whatever. And he would just sort of randomly – because he didn't know what he was doing either. And then at some point he lost an entire draft of the book.

Well, so for my mindfulness book, which I wrote way back when, the secretary I had then was a wonderful guy but didn't know anything about computers and I knew less. And so I would give him something and I'd say, you know, insert this, page 20, whatever. And he would just sort of randomly – because he didn't know what he was doing either. And then at some point he lost an entire draft of the book.

Well, so for my mindfulness book, which I wrote way back when, the secretary I had then was a wonderful guy but didn't know anything about computers and I knew less. And so I would give him something and I'd say, you know, insert this, page 20, whatever. And he would just sort of randomly – because he didn't know what he was doing either. And then at some point he lost an entire draft of the book.

to sort of imagine, you know. And my first thought was probably more typical than my second thought, which is to go crazy, oh my God, you know. And then I said to myself, what makes me think that that draft was better than the next draft that I can come up with? You know, in some sense, a version of your who cares. And then I just started working on it again.

to sort of imagine, you know. And my first thought was probably more typical than my second thought, which is to go crazy, oh my God, you know. And then I said to myself, what makes me think that that draft was better than the next draft that I can come up with? You know, in some sense, a version of your who cares. And then I just started working on it again.

to sort of imagine, you know. And my first thought was probably more typical than my second thought, which is to go crazy, oh my God, you know. And then I said to myself, what makes me think that that draft was better than the next draft that I can come up with? You know, in some sense, a version of your who cares. And then I just started working on it again.

You know, at some point when you're writing these research papers, I think most people come to the point where first numbers count, right? How many publications? Then at some point the game changes and you don't care about the number and that's freeing. And so it seems a little similar.

You know, at some point when you're writing these research papers, I think most people come to the point where first numbers count, right? How many publications? Then at some point the game changes and you don't care about the number and that's freeing. And so it seems a little similar.

You know, at some point when you're writing these research papers, I think most people come to the point where first numbers count, right? How many publications? Then at some point the game changes and you don't care about the number and that's freeing. And so it seems a little similar.

I think that for people to recognize that that excitement can be gotten, the threading of the needle, as I said before. would make much of life feel differently. So we did, this is gonna seem strange kind of answer here, but we took people who didn't like rap music, people who didn't like football, people who didn't like art, okay, so a lot of haters, people who don't like anything.

I think that for people to recognize that that excitement can be gotten, the threading of the needle, as I said before. would make much of life feel differently. So we did, this is gonna seem strange kind of answer here, but we took people who didn't like rap music, people who didn't like football, people who didn't like art, okay, so a lot of haters, people who don't like anything.

I think that for people to recognize that that excitement can be gotten, the threading of the needle, as I said before. would make much of life feel differently. So we did, this is gonna seem strange kind of answer here, but we took people who didn't like rap music, people who didn't like football, people who didn't like art, okay, so a lot of haters, people who don't like anything.

One group is just given the activity. The next group is asked to notice one new thing about it. The next group, three new things about it. They're doing it or observing it? Well, if it's football, they're observing. Okay. It doesn't matter if you're observing the rear ends of the football players. Just noticing new things. And the more you notice, the more you like what you're noticing.

One group is just given the activity. The next group is asked to notice one new thing about it. The next group, three new things about it. They're doing it or observing it? Well, if it's football, they're observing. Okay. It doesn't matter if you're observing the rear ends of the football players. Just noticing new things. And the more you notice, the more you like what you're noticing.

One group is just given the activity. The next group is asked to notice one new thing about it. The next group, three new things about it. They're doing it or observing it? Well, if it's football, they're observing. Okay. It doesn't matter if you're observing the rear ends of the football players. Just noticing new things. And the more you notice, the more you like what you're noticing.

And to recognize that that's how simple it is. Now, most people, especially when you're younger, you're waiting for something to pull you. Something to grab me and get me all excited. And how freeing if people were taught that you could grab it, whatever the it is, just by noticing. You don't have to hold on.

And to recognize that that's how simple it is. Now, most people, especially when you're younger, you're waiting for something to pull you. Something to grab me and get me all excited. And how freeing if people were taught that you could grab it, whatever the it is, just by noticing. You don't have to hold on.

And to recognize that that's how simple it is. Now, most people, especially when you're younger, you're waiting for something to pull you. Something to grab me and get me all excited. And how freeing if people were taught that you could grab it, whatever the it is, just by noticing. You don't have to hold on.

to the thing you're holding onto when you're recognizing that you could hold onto the next thing. And I saw this Seinfeld, this was so funny, I thought, must've been old Seinfeld. After the show, he does a five-minute standup and I'm gonna not do it as well as he, but nor should I. And he says, what is this thing with appetites?

to the thing you're holding onto when you're recognizing that you could hold onto the next thing. And I saw this Seinfeld, this was so funny, I thought, must've been old Seinfeld. After the show, he does a five-minute standup and I'm gonna not do it as well as he, but nor should I. And he says, what is this thing with appetites?