Dr. Jessica Tracy is the Director of the Emotion and Self Lab at the University of British Columbia, and someone I have been looking forward to interviewing for a long time.
Back in 2016 she published a book titled: Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success.
The title grabbed my attention.
Largely because the form of pride that I have seen more often discussed is hubris.
Which shows its face in different ways:
This hubristic side is well known, but what Jessica’s work shows is that pride has another face.
One that is essential for helping us become our best, brightest selves.
In the right doses and the right contexts, pride has been proven to boost creativity, motivate altruism, and confer power and prestige on those who display it. Today we’ll dive deep into this, covering hubristic pride, but also really exploring this less often discussed form of pride.
What she calls authentic pride.
Which when harnessed may just hold the secret to success.
In today’s episode:
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Jessica as much as I did!
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More about Jessica:
Dr. Jessica Tracy is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she also directs the Emotion and Self Lab. Her research focuses on emotions and emotion expression, and especially on the self-conscious emotions of pride and shame. She has published over 80 journal articles, and her groundbreaking work on pride has been covered by hundreds of media outlets, including ABC’s Good Morning America, NPR’s All Things Considered, the New York Times, the Economist, and Scientific American.
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Dr. Jessica Tracy is the Director of the Emotion and Self Lab at the University of British Columbia, and someone I have been looking forward to interviewing for a long time.
Back in 2016 she published a book titled: Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success.
The title grabbed my attention.
Largely because the form of pride that I have seen more often discussed is hubris.
Which shows its face in different ways:
This hubristic side is well known, but what Jessica’s work shows is that pride has another face.
One that is essential for helping us become our best, brightest selves.
In the right doses and the right contexts, pride has been proven to boost creativity, motivate altruism, and confer power and prestige on those who display it. Today we’ll dive deep into this, covering hubristic pride, but also really exploring this less often discussed form of pride.
What she calls authentic pride.
Which when harnessed may just hold the secret to success.
In today’s episode:
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Jessica as much as I did!
Did you find this conversation inspiring? Here are other episodes we think you'll love:
More about Jessica:
Dr. Jessica Tracy is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where she also directs the Emotion and Self Lab. Her research focuses on emotions and emotion expression, and especially on the self-conscious emotions of pride and shame. She has published over 80 journal articles, and her groundbreaking work on pride has been covered by hundreds of media outlets, including ABC’s Good Morning America, NPR’s All Things Considered, the New York Times, the Economist, and Scientific American.
Enjoying the show? Please share with friends, and rate it wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Thanks for listening!