The Hidden Power of Negative Emotions | George Loewenstein
Your emotions don’t just change how you feel—they can change what you remember, how you judge other people, and even who you become in the moment.
AJ sits down with behavioral economist George Loewenstein to explore the “empathy gap”: our surprising inability to predict how we’ll think and behave when our emotional state changes. George explains why anger can distort judgment, rejection sensitivity becomes self-fulfilling, negative experiences outweigh positive ones, and the happiness we chase often disappears faster than we expect.
You’ll learn why high performers can still choke under…
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