Nir Eyal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I said, Mir, you did a good job.
You're a good son, right?
You did a nice thing.
I woke up the next morning.
I called my mom on her birthday and I said, hey, mom, happy birthday.
Did you get the flowers?
I said.
And she said, yes, I did.
thank you very much, but you should know the flowers arrived kind of half dead.
You shouldn't order from that florist anymore.
To which I got very offended, and I said something to the effect of, well, that's the last time I buy you flowers.
And that went over just about as well as you'd expect.
And so after the call, my wife turned to me and she said, do you want to do a turnaround on this?
I turned around.
And I said, no, I do not want to do a turnaround.
I don't want to do your touchy-feely, hocus-pocus, you know, mumbo-jumbo.
I need to vent because venting is what we've been taught to do, right?
When somebody makes you mad, you're not supposed to keep your feelings to yourself.
You're supposed to let them out.
You're supposed to vent.