Paul Scheer

But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I guess one of Nietzsche's aphorisms has to be the dumbest thing a philosopher has ever said.

But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I guess one of Nietzsche's aphorisms has to be the dumbest thing a philosopher has ever said.

Oh, we are often deluding ourselves. People's perception of how others see them is often deeply distorted. And sometimes it's distorted in that people, psychologically healthy people, often see themselves as better than other people see them. People overrate their own intelligence, their own attractiveness, their own sense of humor, their own kindness.

Oh, we are often deluding ourselves. People's perception of how others see them is often deeply distorted. And sometimes it's distorted in that people, psychologically healthy people, often see themselves as better than other people see them. People overrate their own intelligence, their own attractiveness, their own sense of humor, their own kindness.

Oh, we are often deluding ourselves. People's perception of how others see them is often deeply distorted. And sometimes it's distorted in that people, psychologically healthy people, often see themselves as better than other people see them. People overrate their own intelligence, their own attractiveness, their own sense of humor, their own kindness.

It's sort of a psych 101 finding, the better than average effect. But there's another way in which we get things wrong, which I always found very reassuring to hear, and it's called the spotlight effect. The spotlight effect, it's right in the title, where the spotlight effect is we each feel as if we're more the focus of attention of other people than we really are.

It's sort of a psych 101 finding, the better than average effect. But there's another way in which we get things wrong, which I always found very reassuring to hear, and it's called the spotlight effect. The spotlight effect, it's right in the title, where the spotlight effect is we each feel as if we're more the focus of attention of other people than we really are.

It's sort of a psych 101 finding, the better than average effect. But there's another way in which we get things wrong, which I always found very reassuring to hear, and it's called the spotlight effect. The spotlight effect, it's right in the title, where the spotlight effect is we each feel as if we're more the focus of attention of other people than we really are.

So the experiments often get people to put on a funny t-shirt and walk into a room and then later ask people, how many people noticed you? Oh, everybody noticed me. No one talking about me. But what we miss is that people, everyone else isn't focused on you. Everyone else is focused on themselves. We're all focused on ourselves.

So the experiments often get people to put on a funny t-shirt and walk into a room and then later ask people, how many people noticed you? Oh, everybody noticed me. No one talking about me. But what we miss is that people, everyone else isn't focused on you. Everyone else is focused on themselves. We're all focused on ourselves.

So the experiments often get people to put on a funny t-shirt and walk into a room and then later ask people, how many people noticed you? Oh, everybody noticed me. No one talking about me. But what we miss is that people, everyone else isn't focused on you. Everyone else is focused on themselves. We're all focused on ourselves.

And it's kind of good to know that what you do and how you act matters a lot less to other people than you think it does. People's big regrets in life later on when they're asked are, tell me what they don't do. They didn't talk to this person. They didn't make this decision. And then when you ask them, why didn't you do it? They said, I didn't want to look foolish.

And it's kind of good to know that what you do and how you act matters a lot less to other people than you think it does. People's big regrets in life later on when they're asked are, tell me what they don't do. They didn't talk to this person. They didn't make this decision. And then when you ask them, why didn't you do it? They said, I didn't want to look foolish.

And it's kind of good to know that what you do and how you act matters a lot less to other people than you think it does. People's big regrets in life later on when they're asked are, tell me what they don't do. They didn't talk to this person. They didn't make this decision. And then when you ask them, why didn't you do it? They said, I didn't want to look foolish.

And, you know, nobody wants to look foolish, but it is a bit liberating to realize that people don't notice us as much as we worry they do.

And, you know, nobody wants to look foolish, but it is a bit liberating to realize that people don't notice us as much as we worry they do.

And, you know, nobody wants to look foolish, but it is a bit liberating to realize that people don't notice us as much as we worry they do.

And I'm Paul Scheer, an actor, writer, and director. You might know me from The League, Veep, or my non-eligible for Academy Award role in Twisters.

And I'm Paul Scheer, an actor, writer, and director. You might know me from The League, Veep, or my non-eligible for Academy Award role in Twisters.

And I'm Paul Scheer, an actor, writer, and director. You might know me from The League, Veep, or my non-eligible for Academy Award role in Twisters.