Should People Just Do What They Need to Do in Order to Get the Result They Need to Achieve?

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:26.2	at Dr. Laura.com. All right, the quickie at Dr. Laura.com. Really like this. He entitles it
0:35.2	philosophical question. I'm a single male in his late 50s.
0:41.9	Interesting how you write that. I love listening to your program, and even though many of the
0:46.8	scenarios regarding marriage and child rearing don't apply to my life currently, I still feel
0:53.1	I learn something I can apply to other parts of my life
0:57.0	and other types of relationships. One theme that I see running through some of your advice
1:03.4	is that people should just do what they need to do in order to get the result they're looking to achieve. For example,
1:15.1	now I want you to pay close attention to the examples because he thinks they have something in
1:21.1	common, barely. Okay? For example, when a mother-in-law wants to see her grandchildren, the advice is keep your mouth shut, do what the daughter-in-law says, and you'll get to see your grandchildren.
1:42.4	Some of the advice toward women about husbands is geared toward having the wife do things that will motivate her husband to respond more favorably,
1:53.5	even though she may not feel inclined to do those things at the moment.
2:02.0	These have nothing to do with each other, really.
2:05.9	So I will come back and demonstrate that.
2:09.7	What I struggle with is that it feels fake.
2:12.5	The mother-in-law fakes feelings and behaviors
2:14.9	to get to see her grandchildren.
2:19.6	No, she doesn't fake any feelings. Her feelings are hers. They're inside her,
2:25.4	inside her heart, her mind, her head. She's not sharing negative feelings anymore.
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