Dr. Ellen Langer: Using Your Mind to Control Your Physical Health & Longevity

2813.751 - 2839.21 Dr. Ellen Langer

And so you have the illusion that you're controlling things. But in fact, you're giving up control by not recognizing for yourself or somebody else. All of our statements of we can't do or we can do. You can't know whether you can or you can't. The fact that you did it doesn't mean that you can do it again. The fact that you couldn't do it doesn't mean you couldn't do it in the future.