Dr. Ellen Langer

Just a very simple change in schools.

One of my ideas, no. No, not one of your ideas.

One of my ideas, no. No, not one of your ideas.

One of my ideas, no. No, not one of your ideas.

I feel better now. Me too.

I feel better now. Me too.

I feel better now. Me too.

Yeah, I think that... The older you are, let's say you've tried different ways of doing something, and there's a particular way that works for you. And it doesn't matter if the other way is faster, is prettier, is whatever. This works. And so you can be seen as set in your way because you know it doesn't really matter. I could do it that way, that way, or this way.

Yeah, I think that... The older you are, let's say you've tried different ways of doing something, and there's a particular way that works for you. And it doesn't matter if the other way is faster, is prettier, is whatever. This works. And so you can be seen as set in your way because you know it doesn't really matter. I could do it that way, that way, or this way.

Yeah, I think that... The older you are, let's say you've tried different ways of doing something, and there's a particular way that works for you. And it doesn't matter if the other way is faster, is prettier, is whatever. This works. And so you can be seen as set in your way because you know it doesn't really matter. I could do it that way, that way, or this way.

I'm going to continue to do it this way. I think as you get older, presumably you've had more mindful experience because if you're a robot, you're not going to be learning anything. And getting more said or less said is an irrelevant question. I remember – this goes back to the pancreas problem. Am I not eating the pancreas?

I'm going to continue to do it this way. I think as you get older, presumably you've had more mindful experience because if you're a robot, you're not going to be learning anything. And getting more said or less said is an irrelevant question. I remember – this goes back to the pancreas problem. Am I not eating the pancreas?

I'm going to continue to do it this way. I think as you get older, presumably you've had more mindful experience because if you're a robot, you're not going to be learning anything. And getting more said or less said is an irrelevant question. I remember – this goes back to the pancreas problem. Am I not eating the pancreas?

I really believed I had to eat that pancreas to show that I was all grown up. So you get a little older and you realize. I wrote this blog once a long time ago where you're two years old and you fall and you're screaming bloody murder because you scraped your leg. And then you're seven years old and Johnny or Janie didn't send you a valentine and you're distraught, you know, distraught.

I really believed I had to eat that pancreas to show that I was all grown up. So you get a little older and you realize. I wrote this blog once a long time ago where you're two years old and you fall and you're screaming bloody murder because you scraped your leg. And then you're seven years old and Johnny or Janie didn't send you a valentine and you're distraught, you know, distraught.

I really believed I had to eat that pancreas to show that I was all grown up. So you get a little older and you realize. I wrote this blog once a long time ago where you're two years old and you fall and you're screaming bloody murder because you scraped your leg. And then you're seven years old and Johnny or Janie didn't send you a valentine and you're distraught, you know, distraught.

And then you're 13 years old and you have a pimple and, oh, my God, you know, no one's ever going to find me attractive. And it goes on and on. And at some point, this was all kind of silly. And, you know, and with that, you become easier. But sometimes that easier can be misunderstood by others. So let me give you an example.

And then you're 13 years old and you have a pimple and, oh, my God, you know, no one's ever going to find me attractive. And it goes on and on. And at some point, this was all kind of silly. And, you know, and with that, you become easier. But sometimes that easier can be misunderstood by others. So let me give you an example.

And then you're 13 years old and you have a pimple and, oh, my God, you know, no one's ever going to find me attractive. And it goes on and on. And at some point, this was all kind of silly. And, you know, and with that, you become easier. But sometimes that easier can be misunderstood by others. So let me give you an example.

And I talk about this in the book when I talk about three levels, you know, that in the example I use, The New Yorker is a wonderful magazine, but let's say we have three levels. Level one, people who don't read The New Yorker. Level two, people who read The New Yorker. Level three, people who don't read The New Yorker anymore. We could have them read it again, but let's just skip first, okay?