One cost, for the lonely: If you want to be interesting, the one thing you shouldn't do is really focus on the fact that 'I want this person to like me.' That's going to make you very uninteresting. But the lonely, they just can't help but focus on that.
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"One cost, for the lonely: If you want to be interesting, the one thing you shouldn't do is really focus on the fact that 'I want this person to like me.' That's going to make you very uninteresting. But the lonely, they just can't help but focus on that." — Sendhil Mullainathan
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One cost, for the lonely: If you want to be interesting, the one thing you shouldn't do is really focus on the fact that 'I want this person to like me.' That's going to make you very uninteresting. But the lonely, they just can't help but focus on that. — Sendhil Mullainathan
About Sendhil Mullainathan
Sendhil Mullainathan was a Economist from India (1973–present).
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This quote is attributed to Sendhil Mullainathan, a Economist from India.
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Sendhil Mullainathan lived from 1973 – present.