Nir Eyal

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1,059 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 20 Jul

Nir Eyal’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Well, she did say thank you.

She was saying a statement of fact that, okay, the flowers weren't so nice.

So maybe she was just trying to help me, right?

Maybe she was trying to just make sure I didn't get scammed by this florist.

Could be, right?

Okay, now a third belief.

What's the opposite of my mother's too judgmental and hard to please?

The opposite could also be I am too judgmental and hard to please.

How could that be true?

Well, wasn't I the one who was rehearsing in my head exactly the praise that I deserve for doing this nice thing for her?

And when that didn't come exactly as I wanted to hear it, I lost it.

So who's being judgmental?

I was, right?

Okay, now the fourth belief.

The opposite of my mother's too judgmental and hard to please could also be I am too judgmental and hard to please towards myself.

And this brings us to what's called a misattribution of emotion.

It's a really important concept in psychology that when we feel bad on the inside, we look to attribute it to something on the outside.

She, I can't believe she said that to me.

That person cut me off in traffic.

Did you hear what my boss said?

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