Why You Should Reveal Your Failures, WASP-12b, Tulip Mania

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🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Learn about why successful people should reveal their failures; the death of planet WASP-12b; and Dutch “tulip mania.”

A Reason to Reveal Your Failures by Kelsey Donk

HBS Working Knowledge. (2018, December 11). Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2018/12/11/why-managers-should-reveal-their-failures/#695e82c362e2
Envy Can Be Good for You. (2019). Curiosity.com. https://curiosity.com/topics/envy-can-be-good-for-you-curiosity
Brooks, A. W., Huang, K., Abi-Esber, N., Buell, R. W., Huang, L., & Hall, B. (2019). Mitigating malicious envy: Why successful individuals should reveal their failures. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(4), 667–687. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000538

The Death of Planet WASP-12b by Grant Currin

Planet WASP-12b is on a death spiral, say Princeton scientists. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/pu-pwi010820.php
The Planet WASP-12b Is Hot As Hades And Dark As Night. (2017). Curiosity.com. https://curiosity.com/topics/the-planet-wasp-12b-is-hot-as-hades-and-dark-as-night-curiosity
Hubble Captures Blistering Pitch-Black Planet. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/hubble-captures-blistering-pitch-black-planet

Tulips Cost More Than Houses During Dutch "Tulip Mania" by Cody Gough: https://curiosity.com/topics/tulips-cost-more-than-houses-during-dutch-tulip-mania-curiosity

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0:00.0	Hi, Curiosity Daily has been around for a long time.
0:04.4	I mean, we've released more than a thousand episodes.
0:07.5	And chances are you haven't heard every single one of them.
0:10.5	Yeah, that's why today you're going to get an encore presentation of one of
0:14.2	our most popular episodes, you know to help you stay curious. And maybe to help you come
0:19.3	up with a New Year's resolution to reveal your failures? You'll hear what I'm talking about in a minute and
0:25.3	then we'll be back with a new episode on Wednesday, but for now I'm Cody Gough.
0:29.7	And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about why successful people should reveal their failures,
0:34.8	the extreme story of the death of planet Wasp 12b,
0:38.7	and why tulips used to cost more than houses during a period known as Tulip Mania.
0:43.8	Let's set us fast in curiosity.
0:46.0	Success is a double-edged sword.
0:48.5	Hard work can come with amazing benefits like more pay,
0:51.9	more responsibility, and more stability, but it can also
0:55.2	carry jealousy, competition, and resentment, right along with it.
0:59.8	So how do you keep the scales tipped toward the positive?
1:03.0	Well, according to new research from Harvard Business School,
1:05.5	you can do it by talking more about your failures.
1:09.5	This tip might sound counterintuitive.
1:12.0	Isn't it important to talk up your achievements?
1:15.3	Don't you want people to know you're successful?
1:17.8	Why would you ever highlight your failures, right?
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