People tend to expect that if they’ve had an extraordinary experience, they’ll feel good after chatting about it with others who have missed out. But in an experiment, participants who saw a really good video of a street performer and then discussed it with others ended up feeling more excluded if the others had seen a mere low-budget animation: They reported feeling an average of 80 on a 100-point exclusion scale, versus 51 reported by those who had seen the animation. The researchers, led by Gus Cooney of Harvard, say that when an extraordinary experience separates a person from peers, the net may be a decrease, rather than an increase, in joy.Read more in HBR.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
HBR Daily Stat: Think You’ll Feel Good After Telling Your Awesome Tale? Think Again
Hmm, maybe it's not great to share FOMO-inducing moments either:
Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were
"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .
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Even women who earn overwhelmingly positive performance reviews are told that they have ‘personality flaws,’ a new study finds. The double...
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"Why I don’t talk about race with White people." Read more in Medium .
