Why Failure Hurts More Than It Should
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One piece of negative feedback from your boss can ruin your whole afternoon. That’s because losing hurts about twice as much as winning feels good, and your brain still treats rejection like a threat to your survival. Drew and I trace this wiring back through history, from monkeys who learned to trade coins for apples and still played it safe, to PGA Tour pros who putt better when they're trying not to lose instead of trying to win.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction: The Origins of Loss Aversion Research
00:05:30 The Two-to-One Ratio: Why Losing Hurts Twice as Much as Winning Feels Good
00:07:30 Capuchin Monkeys and the Ancient Hardware of Loss Aversion
00:10:38 The Evolutionary Mismatch: Ancient Survival Instincts in Modern Life
00:14:10 The Sociometer Theory: Your Brain's Status-Tracking System
00:15:54 Tiger Woods and the Golf Study: When Loss Aversion Shows Up in Performance
00:26:35 Why You Can't Think Your Way Out of Failure Pain
00:28:20 The Ego as Your Self-Definition: What's Really Being Harmed When You Fail
00:38:00 Choosing Your Failures: The Family Man vs The Meth Head
00:40:00 Pain as Teacher: Which Failures Are Worth Having
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