Dr. Marc Brackett

And so, you know, my argument is that it's a human right to be protected, right? Now I could protect myself now, right? Of course I can. But I'll give you another example of this. Gosh, this is a really tough one for me. I would say eight years ago, I was giving a speech at our university to a bunch of funders.

And so, you know, my argument is that it's a human right to be protected, right? Now I could protect myself now, right? Of course I can. But I'll give you another example of this. Gosh, this is a really tough one for me. I would say eight years ago, I was giving a speech at our university to a bunch of funders.

And so, you know, my argument is that it's a human right to be protected, right? Now I could protect myself now, right? Of course I can. But I'll give you another example of this. Gosh, this is a really tough one for me. I would say eight years ago, I was giving a speech at our university to a bunch of funders.

And it was me and another professor who I will not name, who is bigger than I am and bigger personality than I am and has a kind of rough reputation of being kind of a bully. I went on first. Now, granted, I'm a pretty good presenter. And he was going on after. And I just, thank you, I went to the side. He gets on. Now, I actually did a presentation on bullying. That's why I'm thinking about it.

And it was me and another professor who I will not name, who is bigger than I am and bigger personality than I am and has a kind of rough reputation of being kind of a bully. I went on first. Now, granted, I'm a pretty good presenter. And he was going on after. And I just, thank you, I went to the side. He gets on. Now, I actually did a presentation on bullying. That's why I'm thinking about it.

And it was me and another professor who I will not name, who is bigger than I am and bigger personality than I am and has a kind of rough reputation of being kind of a bully. I went on first. Now, granted, I'm a pretty good presenter. And he was going on after. And I just, thank you, I went to the side. He gets on. Now, I actually did a presentation on bullying. That's why I'm thinking about it.

All right, I get off stage. I'm sitting, you know, at everybody else. He gets on stage and changes his presentation and shows a video of a kid being horrifically bullied, which has nothing to do with his research. And I'm thinking, what the hell is going on here? And he plays a video. He's like doing that, like laughing to himself.

All right, I get off stage. I'm sitting, you know, at everybody else. He gets on stage and changes his presentation and shows a video of a kid being horrifically bullied, which has nothing to do with his research. And I'm thinking, what the hell is going on here? And he plays a video. He's like doing that, like laughing to himself.

All right, I get off stage. I'm sitting, you know, at everybody else. He gets on stage and changes his presentation and shows a video of a kid being horrifically bullied, which has nothing to do with his research. And I'm thinking, what the hell is going on here? And he plays a video. He's like doing that, like laughing to himself.

And he's like, you know, I just wanted to let people know that was Mark before he got his black belt. And I'm like – What a dick. Yeah. It was not cool. And I felt like – firstly, what was really interesting to me as a psychologist is that in that moment, I regressed to 10 years old. It was psychologically – All the memories of all the feelings and the bodily reactions. I was like, boom.

And he's like, you know, I just wanted to let people know that was Mark before he got his black belt. And I'm like – What a dick. Yeah. It was not cool. And I felt like – firstly, what was really interesting to me as a psychologist is that in that moment, I regressed to 10 years old. It was psychologically – All the memories of all the feelings and the bodily reactions. I was like, boom.

And he's like, you know, I just wanted to let people know that was Mark before he got his black belt. And I'm like – What a dick. Yeah. It was not cool. And I felt like – firstly, what was really interesting to me as a psychologist is that in that moment, I regressed to 10 years old. It was psychologically – All the memories of all the feelings and the bodily reactions. I was like, boom.

And then, you know, luckily, you know, I do have a fifth degree black belt. Luckily, I have a PhD in psychology. Luckily, I've had 10 years of therapy and I've been teaching emotional intelligence for 25 years. I'm like, Mark.

And then, you know, luckily, you know, I do have a fifth degree black belt. Luckily, I have a PhD in psychology. Luckily, I've had 10 years of therapy and I've been teaching emotional intelligence for 25 years. I'm like, Mark.

And then, you know, luckily, you know, I do have a fifth degree black belt. Luckily, I have a PhD in psychology. Luckily, I've had 10 years of therapy and I've been teaching emotional intelligence for 25 years. I'm like, Mark.

50 you've got a black belt like it took me a lot to recover and i had to make a choice because like i'm still intimidated by that and i it makes me sad to even admit it because i don't like that i'm at this place in my life where i still can be intimidated by the bullies but it's how i feel and i have to just accept that and i decided though in that presentation was like mark like

50 you've got a black belt like it took me a lot to recover and i had to make a choice because like i'm still intimidated by that and i it makes me sad to even admit it because i don't like that i'm at this place in my life where i still can be intimidated by the bullies but it's how i feel and i have to just accept that and i decided though in that presentation was like mark like

50 you've got a black belt like it took me a lot to recover and i had to make a choice because like i'm still intimidated by that and i it makes me sad to even admit it because i don't like that i'm at this place in my life where i still can be intimidated by the bullies but it's how i feel and i have to just accept that and i decided though in that presentation was like mark like

you got to say something. You're going to prove to yourself that you can do it. And so after he was over, you know, I waited a little while and I just went up to him and I said, you know, I have no idea what motivated you to show that video. But number one, it was not cool. And number two, it can never happen again. Never.

you got to say something. You're going to prove to yourself that you can do it. And so after he was over, you know, I waited a little while and I just went up to him and I said, you know, I have no idea what motivated you to show that video. But number one, it was not cool. And number two, it can never happen again. Never.