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Chronic people pleasing stems from a need for others' approval, not genuine concern for them.

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motivation What makes effort feel worth it: the neuroscience of wanting to act, apathy, dopamine, and habit.

behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

What Adam Grant actually said

  1. Adam Grant Organizational psychologist and professor at the Wharton School
    The root of chronic people pleasing is not concern for others. It's concern for their acceptance and approval.

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