We share a Dartmouth “scar study” that reveals how easily our expectations can distort the way we think others treat us. We use it to challenge the stories we bring into conversations and to build more self awareness about our internal scars.\n\n• The Dartmouth experiment and how the “scar” is secretly removed\n• Why participants still perceive rudeness and hostility without any visible scar\n• How emotional and mental scars shape social perception\n• The idea that we project our past into present conversations\n• A simple reflection question to test reality versus interpretation\n\nI challenge you to reflect on that and be self aware of that and say, is this the reality or is this my reality based on the scars that I carry with me?
