Dr. Jamil Zaki

So we view being cynical as a form of wisdom as When really, it's just people who have a bunch of assumptions about the world and just look to defend their assumptions as opposed to learning what people are really like.

So we view being cynical as a form of wisdom as When really, it's just people who have a bunch of assumptions about the world and just look to defend their assumptions as opposed to learning what people are really like.

So we view being cynical as a form of wisdom as When really, it's just people who have a bunch of assumptions about the world and just look to defend their assumptions as opposed to learning what people are really like.

Well, I think all of us have at some point been betrayed or disappointed, right? And the last thing you want to experience if somebody's let you down is being let down again, which by the way, is completely reasonable and understandable.

Well, I think all of us have at some point been betrayed or disappointed, right? And the last thing you want to experience if somebody's let you down is being let down again, which by the way, is completely reasonable and understandable.

Well, I think all of us have at some point been betrayed or disappointed, right? And the last thing you want to experience if somebody's let you down is being let down again, which by the way, is completely reasonable and understandable.

I think that a lot of us, and I'll just say myself included as someone who tends to be pretty cynical, a lot of us move from being disappointed, that is lowering our expectations of somebody who's let us down, to being pre-disappointed. The best way for me to not get let down again is to just assume I can't trust anybody. And that way I'll be safe. And it's true.

I think that a lot of us, and I'll just say myself included as someone who tends to be pretty cynical, a lot of us move from being disappointed, that is lowering our expectations of somebody who's let us down, to being pre-disappointed. The best way for me to not get let down again is to just assume I can't trust anybody. And that way I'll be safe. And it's true.

I think that a lot of us, and I'll just say myself included as someone who tends to be pretty cynical, a lot of us move from being disappointed, that is lowering our expectations of somebody who's let us down, to being pre-disappointed. The best way for me to not get let down again is to just assume I can't trust anybody. And that way I'll be safe. And it's true.

If you don't trust anybody, you probably won't be betrayed. But you'll also miss out on love and friendship and collaboration and so many of the things that make life beautiful. So you can think of cynicism in this way as like a suit of armor that we put on to protect ourselves from a world of unkind people that ends up suffocating us instead.

If you don't trust anybody, you probably won't be betrayed. But you'll also miss out on love and friendship and collaboration and so many of the things that make life beautiful. So you can think of cynicism in this way as like a suit of armor that we put on to protect ourselves from a world of unkind people that ends up suffocating us instead.

If you don't trust anybody, you probably won't be betrayed. But you'll also miss out on love and friendship and collaboration and so many of the things that make life beautiful. So you can think of cynicism in this way as like a suit of armor that we put on to protect ourselves from a world of unkind people that ends up suffocating us instead.

I'm so sorry to be giving this much bad news to the cynics out there. And again, nothing but compassion and resonance. If you feel cynical, I'm right there with you much of the time. But unfortunately, Amanda, they do not make more money. In fact, cynics earn less money over the course of their careers. And researchers have tried to figure out why that is.

I'm so sorry to be giving this much bad news to the cynics out there. And again, nothing but compassion and resonance. If you feel cynical, I'm right there with you much of the time. But unfortunately, Amanda, they do not make more money. In fact, cynics earn less money over the course of their careers. And researchers have tried to figure out why that is.

I'm so sorry to be giving this much bad news to the cynics out there. And again, nothing but compassion and resonance. If you feel cynical, I'm right there with you much of the time. But unfortunately, Amanda, they do not make more money. In fact, cynics earn less money over the course of their careers. And researchers have tried to figure out why that is.

And it turns out that cynics compared to non-cynics want success and power just as much, but they have a different theory of how to get it. A cynical person will say, okay, if I want to advance in my workplace, if I want to build my business, the way to do it is to defeat everybody around me. Life is a zero-sum competition. So I have to step over or on my colleagues in order to succeed.

And it turns out that cynics compared to non-cynics want success and power just as much, but they have a different theory of how to get it. A cynical person will say, okay, if I want to advance in my workplace, if I want to build my business, the way to do it is to defeat everybody around me. Life is a zero-sum competition. So I have to step over or on my colleagues in order to succeed.

And it turns out that cynics compared to non-cynics want success and power just as much, but they have a different theory of how to get it. A cynical person will say, okay, if I want to advance in my workplace, if I want to build my business, the way to do it is to defeat everybody around me. Life is a zero-sum competition. So I have to step over or on my colleagues in order to succeed.

And it turns out the data are clear. And as I'm sure you all know, real success, even at a bottom line level, but of course at a human level, requires working with people and building collaboration and coalition and partnership. And so if you immediately, in trying to succeed, write off all of those strategies, you'll actually fall flat more often than not.

And it turns out the data are clear. And as I'm sure you all know, real success, even at a bottom line level, but of course at a human level, requires working with people and building collaboration and coalition and partnership. And so if you immediately, in trying to succeed, write off all of those strategies, you'll actually fall flat more often than not.