Pride: Why The Deadliest Sin Could Hold the Secret to Your Success with Dr. Jessica Tracy
In this episode we discuss PRIDE – and why it may not be the deadly sin that it’s often cracked up to be. We dig into how the research defines pride, examine the critical distinction between self esteem and narcissism, the deep importance of being able to accept criticism, and look at the difference between strategies of dominance and strategies of prestige with Dr. Jessica Tracy.
Jessica is a professor of psychology at the University of BC where she also directs the Emotion and Self Lab. She is the author of Take Pride: Why The Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success. She has published over 80 journal articles, book chapters, edited volumes, and reviews, 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.
How Jessica defines Pride in a way that may shock you
How pride can also be positive
The two different kinds of pride experiences
How one type of pride is linked to tons of positive outcomes (and the other has severe downsides)
The critical distinction between self esteem and narcissism
The truth about what narciststs and hubristic people feel deep down
We dig into research studies show about how people with narcissism deal with criticism
The critical importance of being able to take criticism
Why not being able to take criticism is a huge red flag for hubristic pride
We discuss Paul Eckman’s research on the universality of emotions
The expansive and visually apparent physical display of Pride and how you can recognize it
The fascinating finding from studying blind olympians and how they demonstrate pride
How pride can be a huge positive motivator to make you want to succeed
We dig into a number of specific research examples from Dr. Tracy’s research
How your emotions are “adaptive” and what that means
The adaptive benefits of pride and how it helps you achieve status
The critical difference between prestige and dominance
We discuss whether a strategy of dominance or a strategy of prestige is more effective in creating the results you want
Would you rather be loved or feared? (we answer that)
We discuss President Donald Trump and how his strategy of dominance caught many people by surprise and serve as a fascinating real life case study of Dr. Tracy’s research
We discuss the concept of “self conscious emotions”, what they are, and why they are important
We discuss some of Dr. Tracy's research about shame
Why its better to be guilty than ashamed
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SHOW NOTES, LINKS, & RESEARCH
[Book] Take Pride: Why the Deadliest Sin Holds the Secret to Human Success by Jessica Tracy
[Bio] Jessica L. Tracy, Ph.D.
[Website] UBC Emotion & Self Lab
[Book] Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
[Book] The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker