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The flight response, meanwhile, can be seen when co-workers ignore your message or give a quick, unhelpful reply.

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When someone is being very unhelpful or isn't able to complete a task competently, we say they're about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

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And four, if someone is useless or very unhelpful, they are as useful as a chocolate teapot. All right.

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To those inside it, every path, every danger, every choice is real. >> Wow, that was beautiful, but also very unhelpful. >> Then allow me to be more direct. [music] Keep moving.

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Both are generally the brain's stress response doing something unhelpful.

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