Dr. Ellen Langer

So now two-thirds of holding constant, the two-thirds part, but they're much smaller letters.

And again, people could see what they couldn't see.

Exactly.

So the whole point as you're getting to it is to recognize that who says you can't do it?

And you don't want to be able to do everything perfectly because then it's like playing tic-tac-toe with a five-year-old.

You're always going to win, but there's no there there.

But the reason we have to understand that it's exciting is because we don't have to be afraid of, quote, negative consequences.

Because consequences in and of themselves are not good.

They're not bad.

They're just events.

But when we frame them as awful, then we're going to experience them as awful.

All you want is to constantly be inspired, excited, engaged in something.

And when you're not sure, it's easy to become engaged.

If you know what I was going to say next, why listen to me?

about it is likely to be more successful.

Right.

So we have to get rid of the idea that there are good things and bad things, things I like, things I hate, people I like, people I hate, tastes that are, you know, good for us, bad for us.

All of this is a function of our mindsets.

Oh, yeah.

So this is the second study in testing the mind-body unity idea.