Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.
What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see. - Ellen Langer
What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.
- Ellen Langer
When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there. - Ellen Langer
When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.
Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing. - Ellen Langer
Knowing what is and knowing what can be are not the same thing.
Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow. - Ellen Langer
Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.
The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them. - Ellen Langer
The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.
Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility. - Ellen Langer
Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.
There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can tak… - Ellen Langer
There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that small step, there's always another we can tak…
People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will … - Ellen Langer
People are at their most mindful when they are at play. If we find ways of enjoying our work blurring the lines between work and play the gains will …
Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events. - Ellen Langer
Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.
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