Dr. Ellen Langer

You can be that Faberge egg on day one, but now you've got to maintain that. I mean, the first paper that I published came back without a comment. Without a comment, not a correction, not a typo. What a dangerous thing to happen. Exactly. It was awful. Yeah, that was not my experience. Well, it set me up for expectations. What do you mean? For the next one.

You can be that Faberge egg on day one, but now you've got to maintain that. I mean, the first paper that I published came back without a comment. Without a comment, not a correction, not a typo. What a dangerous thing to happen. Exactly. It was awful. Yeah, that was not my experience. Well, it set me up for expectations. What do you mean? For the next one.

You can be that Faberge egg on day one, but now you've got to maintain that. I mean, the first paper that I published came back without a comment. Without a comment, not a correction, not a typo. What a dangerous thing to happen. Exactly. It was awful. Yeah, that was not my experience. Well, it set me up for expectations. What do you mean? For the next one.

But I think also that it's once you recognize that this is an opinion. rather than a statement of fact. And then when you, what I tell my students is that when you get a comment, it doesn't mean that the comment is right. It means that whatever you wrote wasn't appreciated in the way you wanted it to be appreciated. And they're guessing at, well, if you did it this way rather than that way.

But I think also that it's once you recognize that this is an opinion. rather than a statement of fact. And then when you, what I tell my students is that when you get a comment, it doesn't mean that the comment is right. It means that whatever you wrote wasn't appreciated in the way you wanted it to be appreciated. And they're guessing at, well, if you did it this way rather than that way.

But I think also that it's once you recognize that this is an opinion. rather than a statement of fact. And then when you, what I tell my students is that when you get a comment, it doesn't mean that the comment is right. It means that whatever you wrote wasn't appreciated in the way you wanted it to be appreciated. And they're guessing at, well, if you did it this way rather than that way.

You know, papers that are not accepted today may be accepted tomorrow, the same paper. I mean, you know, I can't tell you how many times people say, can't be, and then it becomes the standard, you know.

You know, papers that are not accepted today may be accepted tomorrow, the same paper. I mean, you know, I can't tell you how many times people say, can't be, and then it becomes the standard, you know.

You know, papers that are not accepted today may be accepted tomorrow, the same paper. I mean, you know, I can't tell you how many times people say, can't be, and then it becomes the standard, you know.

No, I'm very flattered. You know, I think that when you're walking around and you don't see and all of a sudden you see, you can say that you're enlightened. I guess in a not so... grandiose way that that simple thing that I keep saying, recognizing that behavior makes sense, leads you to such a different view of people.

No, I'm very flattered. You know, I think that when you're walking around and you don't see and all of a sudden you see, you can say that you're enlightened. I guess in a not so... grandiose way that that simple thing that I keep saying, recognizing that behavior makes sense, leads you to such a different view of people.

No, I'm very flattered. You know, I think that when you're walking around and you don't see and all of a sudden you see, you can say that you're enlightened. I guess in a not so... grandiose way that that simple thing that I keep saying, recognizing that behavior makes sense, leads you to such a different view of people.

You don't have people who are good and bad, people who are addicted and not addicted. You don't have A students and failing students. Everything just organizes itself differently, and you come to appreciate the individual talents that people have. And when you can do that, I don't know if you want to call the person enlightened, but life just is easier and nicer.

You don't have people who are good and bad, people who are addicted and not addicted. You don't have A students and failing students. Everything just organizes itself differently, and you come to appreciate the individual talents that people have. And when you can do that, I don't know if you want to call the person enlightened, but life just is easier and nicer.

You don't have people who are good and bad, people who are addicted and not addicted. You don't have A students and failing students. Everything just organizes itself differently, and you come to appreciate the individual talents that people have. And when you can do that, I don't know if you want to call the person enlightened, but life just is easier and nicer.

You know, it's nicer to walk outside and be trusting of people and – Not to be afraid of this bastard or that one who's going to come and get you. I mean, I went with a friend, this was so many years ago, to an AA meeting to see what it was like. And I had left my pocketbook over here, wherever that is, which you can see. And we walked over here for whatever reason.

You know, it's nicer to walk outside and be trusting of people and – Not to be afraid of this bastard or that one who's going to come and get you. I mean, I went with a friend, this was so many years ago, to an AA meeting to see what it was like. And I had left my pocketbook over here, wherever that is, which you can see. And we walked over here for whatever reason.

You know, it's nicer to walk outside and be trusting of people and – Not to be afraid of this bastard or that one who's going to come and get you. I mean, I went with a friend, this was so many years ago, to an AA meeting to see what it was like. And I had left my pocketbook over here, wherever that is, which you can see. And we walked over here for whatever reason.

And I said, I left my pocketbook over there. And then I thought, you know, so what? If somebody takes it, they probably need it more than I do. And it was so freeing, you know, just not to care about all these things that somehow we're implicitly, sometimes explicitly taught to care about and always evaluating ourselves. You know, that little song, feeling that, let me sing. I enjoy singing.

And I said, I left my pocketbook over there. And then I thought, you know, so what? If somebody takes it, they probably need it more than I do. And it was so freeing, you know, just not to care about all these things that somehow we're implicitly, sometimes explicitly taught to care about and always evaluating ourselves. You know, that little song, feeling that, let me sing. I enjoy singing.