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The Power of Strangers: Joe Keohane

Wisdom From The Top with Guy Raz

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We're Inherently Afraid of Rejection

We are, as a species, inherently afraid of rejection. It's the same kind of principle with approaching a stranger and being rebuffed. So there's something about that, i think, inside of us as a species. We're not we're not accustomed to this. You know, according to thi nick epley stuff, it's pretty rare to be rejected. Some people might be in a rush, they might be kind of confused about what you're doing. But normally, people do tend to be surprisingly responsive. Epley and schroeder recreated this famous study where they had people talk to strangers on the train. And found again that very, very, very

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