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…collective stupidity makes people feel far better than when they do the same, equally moronic things on their own.
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Sociologists will tell you that feeling besieged by an enemy has an upside, as it brings people together to fight the common threat.
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…common features of [assholes’] jobs – power, performance pressure, and exhaustion – provoke bosses to leave followers feeling disrespected, emotionally damaged, and de-energized.
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Quitting on time will usually feel like quitting too early.
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In fact, losing feels about two times as bad to us as winning feels good to us.
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Fiero is the Italian word for ‘pride… You know it when you feel it and when you see it. That’s because we almost all express fiero in exactly the same way: we throw our arms over our head and yell.
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…for many of us who aren’t gratified enough by our day-to-day jobs or don’t feel like our work is having a direct impact, gameful work is a real source of reward and satisfaction.
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Prosocial emotions – including love, compassion, admiration, and devotion – are feel-good emotions that are directed toward others. They’re crucial to our long-term happiness be cause they help create lasting social bonds.
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Teasing each other, recent scientific research has shown, is one of the fastest and most effective ways to intensify our positive feelings for each other.
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Meaning is the feeling that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.
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