If we respect students abilities to define their own experiences, to generate their own hypotheses, and to discover new ways of categorizing the world, we might not be so quick to evaluate the adequacy of their answers. We might, instead,… — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
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 be greater. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
If we respect students abilities to define their own experiences, to generate their own hypotheses, and to discover new ways of categorizing the world,… — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
Once you've seen there is another perspective, you can never not see that there's another point of view. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that… — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
“The same situation of stimulus called by a different name is a different stimulus. Roller coasters are fun but bumpy plane rides are not!” — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there. — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
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… — Ellen Langer Copy Share Image
