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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).
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