Dr. Jamil Zaki

But in fact, the students that the teacher learns are gifted, their aptitude is the same as all the other ones. But it turns out that teachers who think that they're working with a gifted student invest more in them. They say, I think you're going to thrive. I think you're going to crush this. I think you're going to succeed. And then guess what? Those students become more likely to succeed.

But in fact, the students that the teacher learns are gifted, their aptitude is the same as all the other ones. But it turns out that teachers who think that they're working with a gifted student invest more in them. They say, I think you're going to thrive. I think you're going to crush this. I think you're going to succeed. And then guess what? Those students become more likely to succeed.

And I think we see this in all parts of our lives. And It also speaks to the power that we all have to better each other, right? By expressing the way that you did, Abby, beautifully, our belief, our faith in other people. Now, I think you said something really critical though, which is you always believed it. Even if everybody else thought it was batshit crazy, it was true for you.

And I think we see this in all parts of our lives. And It also speaks to the power that we all have to better each other, right? By expressing the way that you did, Abby, beautifully, our belief, our faith in other people. Now, I think you said something really critical though, which is you always believed it. Even if everybody else thought it was batshit crazy, it was true for you.

And I think we see this in all parts of our lives. And It also speaks to the power that we all have to better each other, right? By expressing the way that you did, Abby, beautifully, our belief, our faith in other people. Now, I think you said something really critical though, which is you always believed it. Even if everybody else thought it was batshit crazy, it was true for you.

I don't think that this works if you're being insincere. I think it only works if you truly believe in people. So I would not suggest trusting loudly or expressing faith in people if it's false. But if you believe it, I think you should say it. You know, there's this saying, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. But I think we need the opposite saying as well.

I don't think that this works if you're being insincere. I think it only works if you truly believe in people. So I would not suggest trusting loudly or expressing faith in people if it's false. But if you believe it, I think you should say it. You know, there's this saying, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. But I think we need the opposite saying as well.

I don't think that this works if you're being insincere. I think it only works if you truly believe in people. So I would not suggest trusting loudly or expressing faith in people if it's false. But if you believe it, I think you should say it. You know, there's this saying, if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. But I think we need the opposite saying as well.

If you do have something nice to say, just spit it out. Stop being so shy with our positive evaluations of other people.

If you do have something nice to say, just spit it out. Stop being so shy with our positive evaluations of other people.

If you do have something nice to say, just spit it out. Stop being so shy with our positive evaluations of other people.

Yeah, Vaclav Havel was an amazing person. He was a playwright. friends with Kurt Vonnegut and Samuel Beckett and all these people. And he was also a dissident in Prague. And he was part of what was called the Prague Spring, which was this movement to democratize Czechoslovakia. And it failed. The country moved forward.

Yeah, Vaclav Havel was an amazing person. He was a playwright. friends with Kurt Vonnegut and Samuel Beckett and all these people. And he was also a dissident in Prague. And he was part of what was called the Prague Spring, which was this movement to democratize Czechoslovakia. And it failed. The country moved forward.

Yeah, Vaclav Havel was an amazing person. He was a playwright. friends with Kurt Vonnegut and Samuel Beckett and all these people. And he was also a dissident in Prague. And he was part of what was called the Prague Spring, which was this movement to democratize Czechoslovakia. And it failed. The country moved forward.

And then immediately this sort of movement for greater egalitarianism was shut down by Soviet rule. And the country became much more despotic, really. And so Havel then was imprisoned and lived for years in jail. And he wrote about how cynicism was at the root

And then immediately this sort of movement for greater egalitarianism was shut down by Soviet rule. And the country became much more despotic, really. And so Havel then was imprisoned and lived for years in jail. And he wrote about how cynicism was at the root

And then immediately this sort of movement for greater egalitarianism was shut down by Soviet rule. And the country became much more despotic, really. And so Havel then was imprisoned and lived for years in jail. And he wrote about how cynicism was at the root

of this sort of authoritarian state, that the thing that helps regimes to control people is if they can convince people that nobody else wants change, right? So for instance, if you, and he wrote this beautiful essay called The Power of the Powerless, where he says, if you tell a butcher, if you force them on penalty of going to prison to hang a sign that

of this sort of authoritarian state, that the thing that helps regimes to control people is if they can convince people that nobody else wants change, right? So for instance, if you, and he wrote this beautiful essay called The Power of the Powerless, where he says, if you tell a butcher, if you force them on penalty of going to prison to hang a sign that

of this sort of authoritarian state, that the thing that helps regimes to control people is if they can convince people that nobody else wants change, right? So for instance, if you, and he wrote this beautiful essay called The Power of the Powerless, where he says, if you tell a butcher, if you force them on penalty of going to prison to hang a sign that