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SYSK Choice: The Psychology of Secrets & How to Get Quicker Answers to Emails and Texts

Something You Should Know

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How to Keep a Secret

Michael Sleppian is a social psychologist and professor at Columbia Business School. He says it's not how much you hide a secret that's harmful, but how often you find yourself thinking about it. The more we find ourselves repetitively thinking about the secret outside those conversations, which is associated with harm to well-being. And maybe it's worth discussing the difference between keeping a secret and just being private.

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