Winning is more motivating than losing, right? Seems straightforward enough, but a recent study reported that people who were close to winning gained greater motivation to succeed in subsequent tasks. Tune in this week to find out how researchers engineered the different scenarios, the outcomes, and tips on how to harness this near-win effect in our everyday life.
TLDR: Researchers report that nearly winning at one task led to increased motivation, increased desire for winning, and increased effort expanded in an unrelated task
Links:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797614568681
https://ideas.ted.com/theres-a-surprising-power-in-not-winning-heres-how-to-make-it-work-for-you/
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