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My friends tell me that I have a tendency to point out problems without offering solutions, but they never tell me what I should do about it.

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Daniel Gilbert
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 5
Psychologist
University Teacher
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the United States of America
Dan Gilbert
Daniel Todd Gilbert
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If you are like most people, then like most people, you don't know you're like most people.
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Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.
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