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182. Is It Good or Bad to Keep Secrets?

Should you shout your sins from the rooftops? How many skeletons are in the average person’s closet? And what has Angela been hiding?

• SOURCES:• Maya Angelou, memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist.
• Stephen Baum, postdoctoral researcher at Olin Business School at Washington University.
• Clayton Critcher, professor of marketing, cognitive science, and psychology at Berkeley Haas School of Business.
• John Legend, singer-songwriter and pianist.
• Kareem Abdul Jabbar, former professional basketball player.
• Michael Slepian, professor of leadership and ethics at Columbia Business School.
• Jason Sudeikis, actor, writer, and producer.
• Chrissy Teigen, model and TV personality.
• Vauhini Vara, journalist and author.
• Lindsey Vonn, alpine ski racer.
• John Wooden, men’s basketball coach at the University of California, Los Angeles.
• RESOURCES:• "The Bright Side of Secrecy: The Energizing Effect of Positive Secrets," by Michael Slepian, Katharine Greenaway, Nicholas Camp, and Adam Galinsky (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2023).
• "Ghosts," by Vauhini Vara (The Believer, 2021).
• "The Costs of Not Disclosing," by Stephen Baum and Clayton Critcher (Current Opinion in Psychology, 2020).
• "Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You," by Michael Slepian (Scientific American, 2019).
• "The Benefits and Burdens of Keeping Others' Secrets," by Michael Slepian and Katharine Greenaway (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2018).
• "The Experience of Secrecy," by Michael Slepian, Jinseok Chun, and Malia Mason (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2017).
• Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (2017).
• "Survey Says 1 In 5 People Are Keeping A Major Secret From Their Spouse," by Taryn Hillin (HuffPost, 2014).
• EXTRAS:• Ted Lasso, TV show (2020-2023).
• "All of Me," song by John Legend (2013).

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