Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help it get smarter in just a few minutes.

I'm Cody Gough.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

Today you'll learn how to use the science of vulnerability to gather up the courage to do something

risky,

how your body burns calories even after you're done exercising,

and a Swedish tradition that could make you more productive.

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

We all want to seem like we're strong and in control, but if you want to ask your

crush to go out on a date or get the party started by being the first one on stage singing karaoke,

then you've got to make yourself vulnerable. Easier said then done though, right?

Well here's some good news. New research into vulnerability could teach you how to have

the courage to go for the gold. I'm very bad at being vulnerable. I think we all are.

Yeah, it's scary.

But it shouldn't be scary.

Of course it's scary.

You're opening yourself up to be hurt and insulted and just taken down by someone else.

Well, the whole point of the story is to show that what you're saying

isn't as big of a deal as people make it out to be.

Well, I sure hope so.

So get this.

It's a pretty well documented fact that most of the time showing vulnerability works out in the vulnerable person's favor.

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