Dr. Ellen Langer

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.

I can't carry a tune, so what? Why should somebody make me feel bad about singing? And maybe I'll become a better singer. Or maybe I'll sing in some way that'll teach somebody some new trick that they hadn't thought about before because of my inadequacy. Why are people evaluating themselves at every moment rather than feeling good about the things they know that they can do?

I can't carry a tune, so what? Why should somebody make me feel bad about singing? And maybe I'll become a better singer. Or maybe I'll sing in some way that'll teach somebody some new trick that they hadn't thought about before because of my inadequacy. Why are people evaluating themselves at every moment rather than feeling good about the things they know that they can do?

I can't carry a tune, so what? Why should somebody make me feel bad about singing? And maybe I'll become a better singer. Or maybe I'll sing in some way that'll teach somebody some new trick that they hadn't thought about before because of my inadequacy. Why are people evaluating themselves at every moment rather than feeling good about the things they know that they can do?

And who decides what's important to be able to do? I don't know how to most articulately share it, but it's just a very different life. You know, a life where you don't, I just don't believe that stress is necessary. I don't believe that there's anybody in this world that's better than I am. But I also don't believe I'm better than anybody else.

And who decides what's important to be able to do? I don't know how to most articulately share it, but it's just a very different life. You know, a life where you don't, I just don't believe that stress is necessary. I don't believe that there's anybody in this world that's better than I am. But I also don't believe I'm better than anybody else.

And who decides what's important to be able to do? I don't know how to most articulately share it, but it's just a very different life. You know, a life where you don't, I just don't believe that stress is necessary. I don't believe that there's anybody in this world that's better than I am. But I also don't believe I'm better than anybody else.

It's very different where everything, especially among those of us who are academics, where every minute you're given a grade and even the number of papers you got accepted determines your pecking order and so on. It's all so silly. And then you have the money people and I have $20 billion, so I'm better off than people. I'm a better person than people who have $10 billion.

It's very different where everything, especially among those of us who are academics, where every minute you're given a grade and even the number of papers you got accepted determines your pecking order and so on. It's all so silly. And then you have the money people and I have $20 billion, so I'm better off than people. I'm a better person than people who have $10 billion.

It's very different where everything, especially among those of us who are academics, where every minute you're given a grade and even the number of papers you got accepted determines your pecking order and so on. It's all so silly. And then you have the money people and I have $20 billion, so I'm better off than people. I'm a better person than people who have $10 billion.

It's sad to me when in fact I think all of it is engaged in order to feel good about yourself. That's all. You know, why do I need that money? Why do I need those A's? Why do I need those successes? So that I'll like myself. Just like yourself. Recognize that you're likable. Why not? That may seem simple-minded, but it's gotten me to wherever I am.

It's sad to me when in fact I think all of it is engaged in order to feel good about yourself. That's all. You know, why do I need that money? Why do I need those A's? Why do I need those successes? So that I'll like myself. Just like yourself. Recognize that you're likable. Why not? That may seem simple-minded, but it's gotten me to wherever I am.

It's sad to me when in fact I think all of it is engaged in order to feel good about yourself. That's all. You know, why do I need that money? Why do I need those A's? Why do I need those successes? So that I'll like myself. Just like yourself. Recognize that you're likable. Why not? That may seem simple-minded, but it's gotten me to wherever I am.

It's been my pleasure.

It's been my pleasure.

It's been my pleasure.

The first one is, would you- Doesn't matter how long the question is, it's the answer that matters, right? So you asked me the brief question for a long answer.

The first one is, would you- Doesn't matter how long the question is, it's the answer that matters, right? So you asked me the brief question for a long answer.

The first one is, would you- Doesn't matter how long the question is, it's the answer that matters, right? So you asked me the brief question for a long answer.

Oh, Andrew. All right. Yes, I'm going to sing this. Now, you have to remember, though, that I'm singing this because I think singing is fun and it shouldn't matter how good a voice you have. Okay, so here we go. This is to the old Sarah Lee commercial. And everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Sarah Lee. All right.