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What People Pay Attention To (Not Necessarily What You Think)

IDEAS Posted: May 1, 2017 1:02 pm

“Because we’re fixated on our coffee stain (or whatever we happen to be self-conscious about), we assume others must be, too. But when nothing in particular draws our attention to ourselves, we neglect the fact that we may nevertheless be an object of other people’s interest. In short, we pay too much attention to what we’re paying attention to.”

IDEAS Published: 04.29.17

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 04.29.17

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