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Corporate Secrets

Secrets take up a lot of space in our brains. One study showed we spend twice as much time thinking about our secrets as we do actively concealing them.

According to a study by Michael Slepian, a professor of management at Columbia Business School, the average person keeps 13 secrets, 5 of which he or she has never shared with anyone else. A typical manager has even more. According to Slepian, if you are anything like an average person, there’s a:

  • 47% chance that one of your secrets involves a violation of trust.
  • 60% chance that it involves a lie.
  • 33% chance that it involves a theft, a hidden relationship, or unhappiness @ work. 

That’s a lot of confidential content to be keeping in your closet, and it takes a psychological toll: stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, low self-esteem.

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