When the man in the street listens to the "notes themselves" with any degree of concentration, he is most likely to make some mention of the melody.

在街上的人以任何一种专心程度听“音符本身”时，他最有可能提到悦耳的音调。

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As James Pennebaker of the University of Texas notes in his book, The Secret Life of Pronouns, when people are feeling confident, they are focused on the task at hand, not on themselves.

正如德克萨斯大学的詹姆斯·彭尼贝克在他的书《语言风格的秘密》中指出的那样，当人们感到自信的时候，他们关注的是手头的任务，而不是自己。

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She notes that people tell themselves lies all the time, about why they didn't get promoted, their level of skill, or perhaps the security of their current position.

她指出人们一直自我欺骗，如他们为什么没有晋升，他们的技术水平，或者他们当前职位的安全性。

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Sometimes they make notes to themselves.

FORBES: Book Excerpt

In laboratory games, participants who counted dirty money acted more selfishly than those who counted fresh notes: they kept more money for themselves, were less trusting and preferred personal gain over fair exchange.

FORBES: Dirty Cash, Dirty Minds: The Psychological Consequences Of Filthy Lucre

Bosses and boards both prefer leaders with the gumption to articulate strong views, provided that dissenters are "genuinely trying to advance the enterprise" rather than themselves during clashes with their supervisor, notes Douglas R.

WSJ: How to Win an Argument With the Boss