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Two short riffs for you today the first one's about metacognition thinking about thinking but in this case

Meta dialogue talking about talking

Often we get ourselves into a tizzy or a rut or a cycle when we're engaging with someone else because we're acting

things out without

Realizing that we're doing it. So a simple example is the pattern you might fall into

when you're dealing with

Thoughtless customer service

First you establish that you are right

Then when the person refuses to help you you change your tone of voice

Then when that isn't working you start to demand things by changing your tone of voice again

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