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You're Actually Not Bothering People Enough

You're Actually Not Bothering People Enough

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos vor 2 Monaten

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Most of us hate asking for favors. We worry about being a burden,
coming across as needy, or facing rejection for asking too much.
But what if our fear of bothering people is stopping us, and the
people around us, from becoming happier?

Dr. Laurie explores why our instincts about asking for help are
usually wrong. She speaks with psychologist Nicholas Epley about
why asking others for help can actually make them like us more.
And author and entrepreneur Jia Jiang shares how 100 days of
asking for outlandish favors totally transformed his life.

Experts Mentioned:

Nicholas Epley, Professor of Behavioral Science at the
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Jia Jiang, author, entrepreneur, and expert in “rejection
therapy”

Resources Mentioned:

Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible
Through 100 Days of Rejection, by Jia Jiang (2015)

“What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection,” by Jia Jiang
(TED, 2016)

“100 Days of Rejection Therapy,” by Jia Jiang (YouTube
series, 2013)

RejectionTherapy.com

“Surprisingly Happy to Have Helped: Underestimating
Prosociality Creates a Misplaced Barrier to Asking for Help,” by
Xuan Zhao and Nicholas Epley (Psychological Science, 2022)

“Beautiful mess effect: Self–other differences in evaluation
of showing vulnerability,” by Anna Bruk, Sabine Scholl, and
Herbert Bless (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
2018)

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“Treating the Pain of a Broken Heart”

“Forget Small Talk: Go Deep Instead”

“The Surprising Case for Oversharing”

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