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Basing your happiness on comparisons isn’t helpful because we are hopeless at setting reliable benchmarks for those comparisons”
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Staying Worry Free And Being Okay With Imperfection
- Engage more and worry less about getting things perfect.
- By trying to avoid negative interactions, you actively limit the opportunity for positive interactions.
- Interactions are usually less awkward than you think, and the results are almost always surprisingly comforting.
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Influence And Bias
When we think of influence, we don’t generally tend to think about the influence we naturally have, which is why we probably have more influence than we think.
- Influence is so much more than social media engagement, it’s about understanding the psychology of your interactions.
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Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO)
- The average person thinks they are less social than the average person
- Logically, this can’t be true, so there’s plenty of bias involved in FOMO.
- We have a tendency to compare ourselves to the maximum rather than the mean
- Basing your happiness on comparisons isn’t hel...
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Gaining Vs Natural Influence
Everyday people have more influence than they give themselves credit for.
- Marketing, advertising, and social media influencers have created an aggressive and flashy narrative around the influence that isn’t applicable to most people
- The psychology of influence is so much more t...
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The Blind Spots Of Our Mind
We unfairly judge ourselves on the specifics of the conversation while we judge the other person on warmth and friendliness.
Based on the referenced study, the actual likeness is about 12% higher than the perception.
Audience Tuning Effect: Tendency to adjust our lang...
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The Biases That Influence Our Perception Of Our Influence
The Invisibility Cloak Illusion: Tendency to (incorrectly) believe that you notice people more than they notice you
We almost always underestimate how many people are paying attention to us
The Spotlight Effect: Tendency to overestimate how much other...
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Our biases and blindspots relating to us.
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Irrelevant criteria
We know what will make us happy, but we don't know how to measure it. We measure our success by using social comparisons, like a salary, or with awards.
Because people tend to use vague criteria, they are never satisfied when they reach it and always want more. This leads to an...
Making unfair comparisons
There are advantages to social comparisons, like ensuring that we are reaching certain developmental milestones. But unfair comparisons can cause you to feel inadequate and incompetent.
Online social networks provide a platform for social comparisons. It is important to question the purpos...
Connecting with others
Withdrawing from people increases stress and reduces productivity. Try and tell at least one coworker what you're going through to help them understand why you may be a bit less reliable than usual.
Our best sources of support during difficult times are often our loose con...
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