Nathan
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Anyways, for my segment, I talked about a social experiment by psychology professor David Desteno that involved using pride as a motivator for harder or better work. So not sitting on your laurels, but instead using pride to help you do better work. I am not proud of how long it took me to explain the experiment in this episode. In the multiverse, I'm still explaining it.
And we both have long gray beards. Like it is, I swear, it's like 20 minutes of me explaining it for three seconds of, oh, interesting. So anyways, we're not going to go into all that. What you need to know is using pride as a motivator led you, Pete, to have a nice thought about raising your children. And I want to share it real quick. Okay.
And we both have long gray beards. Like it is, I swear, it's like 20 minutes of me explaining it for three seconds of, oh, interesting. So anyways, we're not going to go into all that. What you need to know is using pride as a motivator led you, Pete, to have a nice thought about raising your children. And I want to share it real quick. Okay.
All these episodes later.
All these episodes later.
Right. How many things have you accidentally... With all people. With all people, you're really out of sight, out of mind. How many times have they come home from something and been like, why is my room filled with files? Yeah. Like you just... That this room is like it was a border and they're gone now.
Right. How many things have you accidentally... With all people. With all people, you're really out of sight, out of mind. How many times have they come home from something and been like, why is my room filled with files? Yeah. Like you just... That this room is like it was a border and they're gone now.
You go to offices and say, like, can I take any files off your hands? I just like the idea of files.
You go to offices and say, like, can I take any files off your hands? I just like the idea of files.
You're a real aficionado, a file aficionado. Write that down.
You're a real aficionado, a file aficionado. Write that down.
I think all of this, of course, all the heavenly virtues, but then all of the deadly sins, they all have a good potential aspect to them. You just got to keep an eye on it. I think that should be the subtitle of this whole season is sins and virtues. Keep an eye on it. Keep an eye on it.
I think all of this, of course, all the heavenly virtues, but then all of the deadly sins, they all have a good potential aspect to them. You just got to keep an eye on it. I think that should be the subtitle of this whole season is sins and virtues. Keep an eye on it. Keep an eye on it.
Long time talker, no time listener. Thank you, everybody. We are going back to a normal episode next week. Pete, what do we have?
Long time talker, no time listener. Thank you, everybody. We are going back to a normal episode next week. Pete, what do we have?
Let's definitely have that in there, though, because I don't want to just talk about not drinking. That sounds like a drag.
Let's definitely have that in there, though, because I don't want to just talk about not drinking. That sounds like a drag.
For that episode, we're going to do a clip show of what we tried all those canned alcoholic drinks. It's just clip shows from here on out.
For that episode, we're going to do a clip show of what we tried all those canned alcoholic drinks. It's just clip shows from here on out.
Yeah, that's our summer break.