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When you want to understand what really motivates people
People see things so differently from us, that it can be hard to understand their thinking.
I was reminded of this the other day when I told my three-year-old I’d brush her hair. She patted my arm and said in a very patronizing voice: “No you won’t. Daddies don’t brush hair. When you’re older, and your eyebrows are smaller, then you’ll be a woman. And then you can brush my hair.”
I’m not quite sure where she got this new view of human biology from, but I await my forthcoming female years with interest . . .
This story is an example of how people can read all sorts of weird and wonderful things into what they hear you say. It can sometimes be baffling how much they misinterpret you. It’s ...
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