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lil  ·  3205 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski: What Powerful Words Were Whispered in Your Ear?

I ran into one of my former students a while back. He said that I told him something that changed his life. He was an older student, having been through several careers already.

"Really? What was that?" I said. I had no idea.

"I was thinking of going into engineering, "he said," but I figured if I went into engineering now, I'd be 40 by the time I finished. You said, 'Dave, you're going to be 40 anyway.'"

Apparently that was what he needed to hear. I would note, too, that people really want to hear something that conforms with their needs and wishes.