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EPISODE 75: THE SPOTLIGHT EFFECT REVISITED
We touched on the spotlight effect before—the tendency to overestimate how much others notice us. But this cognitive bias runs deeper than most realize, and its grip on your behavior deserves closer examination.Cornell researchers found that students dramatically overestimated how many classmates noticed them. We live under an imaginary spotlight that doesn't exist. This episode explores how that imaginary spotlight makes you small—and how to step out of it.Key Topics: Spotlight effect, self-consciousness, Cornell research, Marcus Aurelius, Tim Ferriss, fear of judgment, authentic expression…
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