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Why You're Nicer to Strangers Than to the People You Love ?
You spent the whole day being patient with colleagues, warm on the phone to someone who could do nothing for you, pleasant to a stranger who took your parking space. Then you walked through your own front door and within four minutes you used a tone on someone you love that you would never use on anyone else, and later that evening you wondered what is wrong with you.
This episode explains what's actually happening, starting with why holding yourself in a particular shape all day costs more than anyone realises, and why the popular explanation about willpower running out like a battery turns…
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