It was so odd.
He didn’t cry when he was discussing his truly grim childhood but he did breakdown when they played back the audio of him talking.
And it wasn’t any deep conversation or meaningful topic, it was just audio of him introducing himself.
With the playback it finally hit home just how much self deprecation he was using.
And I wondered to myself – How could this be so surprising to him?
He’s saying these things all day.
I think talk is cheap, talk is forgettable and it’s unlikely that we’re aware of our own chat or carefully choosing every word.
It’s a rare exercise to go through your own speech with a fine-toothed comb.
Sometimes we need an outsider to spot the unconscious slips that hint at our hidden mindset.
Thomas Duggan 