Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

you know, how much evidence do you really need for your beliefs, right?

It's not like you're publishing a scientific research paper.

It's like beliefs, as you say, they do not require certainty.

They're tools.

They're tools, not truths.

They're mental models that you write, built through experience, evidence, and deliberate construction.

And I wanted to ask you about, well, I mean, there's two big beliefs I've changed in my life over the past few years that I have chosen to take on because they make my life better.

First one is, if I was that other person, I'd be acting in exactly the same way as they are.

Love it, I love it.

And for people who've not heard me say that before, all I'm saying is if I was that other individual,

and I grew up where they grew up, I had their childhood, I had their parents, I had their bullying experiences, I'd had their media inputs, I would see the world in exactly the same way as they do, and I would act in that way.

Now, someone often will say, oh, you know, if I was that, I wouldn't be doing that.

And I'm like, okay, sure, you can believe that, no problem.

Is that belief serving you?

I tell you, that belief doesn't serve me.

This one serves me because it helps me interact with the world with compassion and curiosity.

Yeah, and it's like you say, it's a mental model built through experience, evidence, and deliberate construction.

You can try it on.

That's right.

Pop it on for a month.