Upsetting Opinions
Grasshopper Notes Podcast

Upsetting Opinions

B1IntermediateOctober 11, 20264 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

Send us Fan Mail Did you ever notice how upset you get when your opinions are challenged? it's a trap you don't have to fall into. Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038 "The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of th...

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I remember as a young man when this new group called The Beatles came along.

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The title of this mini-podcast is... Upsetting Opinions We all have opinions, and I'm not sure we give much thought to how upset we can get when somebody disagrees with ours. I've come to believe that opinions are simply our take on reality.

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They're not facts, they're opinions. They may turn out to be facts someday, but until then they're just what we think about something we can't yet prove. I remember as a young man when this new group called The Beatles came along. I was convinced they were going to be a flash in the pan.

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And I was happy to share that opinion with anybody who'd listen. When I turned out to be dead wrong, it didn't bother me much. But then there was another opinion that bothered me a whole lot more. Back in 1979, a music critic for the Kansas City newspaper

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