Emotional Contagion
Emotions spread between people through mimicry of faces, voices and posture, and through feeds; a room, a team or a timeline can set your mood before you have formed an opinion.
An everyday example
Walking out of a hyped launch event convinced, then wondering the next morning what exactly convinced you.
What it can cost you
Adopting a crowd's emotional verdict as your own; being placed in an engineered mood.
Warning signs
- My mood changed when I walked in.
- Everyone was excited, so I was.
One thing to do
Decide alone and later; if you must decide in the room, ask what you would think reading the same facts at your desk.
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