Dr. Ellen Langer
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You know what I did? I said, no, what did you do? She said, I looked at his feet. I looked at his face. I looked at his feet. I pointed to his feet and said to him, was that? So good. And when people recognize that everything is sort of in some sense up for grabs, that none of it really matters. It's so freeing. And there's so many ways that we constrict ourselves.
You know what I did? I said, no, what did you do? She said, I looked at his feet. I looked at his face. I looked at his feet. I pointed to his feet and said to him, was that? So good. And when people recognize that everything is sort of in some sense up for grabs, that none of it really matters. It's so freeing. And there's so many ways that we constrict ourselves.
You know what I did? I said, no, what did you do? She said, I looked at his feet. I looked at his face. I looked at his feet. I pointed to his feet and said to him, was that? So good. And when people recognize that everything is sort of in some sense up for grabs, that none of it really matters. It's so freeing. And there's so many ways that we constrict ourselves.
And to make an answer to your question, Hopefully, you get older and you realize that most of this, it just doesn't matter. You can learn that when you're younger. All you need to do is recognize that those people who you think are thinking you're X, there are other people who are going to go, yay, you're X. That you may love me because I'm trusting. You may dislike me because I'm gullible.
And to make an answer to your question, Hopefully, you get older and you realize that most of this, it just doesn't matter. You can learn that when you're younger. All you need to do is recognize that those people who you think are thinking you're X, there are other people who are going to go, yay, you're X. That you may love me because I'm trusting. You may dislike me because I'm gullible.
And to make an answer to your question, Hopefully, you get older and you realize that most of this, it just doesn't matter. You can learn that when you're younger. All you need to do is recognize that those people who you think are thinking you're X, there are other people who are going to go, yay, you're X. That you may love me because I'm trusting. You may dislike me because I'm gullible.
So you can't please everybody, not because your behavior is unpleasant, but because all of it is up for their own definition, and you can't control the way they're going to see it.
So you can't please everybody, not because your behavior is unpleasant, but because all of it is up for their own definition, and you can't control the way they're going to see it.
So you can't please everybody, not because your behavior is unpleasant, but because all of it is up for their own definition, and you can't control the way they're going to see it.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, wow.
Oh, wow.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But what difference does it make? That's kind of funny.
But what difference does it make? That's kind of funny.