5 Signs You Live Inside Other People’s Heads, According to Schopenhauer

On March 31, 1846, a man stood on a scaffold in London and bowed to the crowd. Twice. And they cheered. Schopenhauer wrote about him, and said the rest of us are just as foolish, only with smaller stakes. In this video: What the last morning of Thomas Wix has to do with your own week Why Schopenhauer called our concern for other people's opinion a kind of universal mania Five signs that your attention, your mood and your goals are being run from outside Why a single compliment or a cold "k" can move a whole day The difference between pride and vanity, and why one cannot be faked What Schopenhauer said is worth far more to your happiness than reputation Small exercises for each sign, from one question to one invisible act