1186: The Hidden Cost of Undersharing with Leslie John

These things are not as risky as we often perceive them to be. And even when there is something negative that comes out of it, you can always go back to them and say Hey. I'm worried about how my comments went over. One really easy low-hanging fruit way to start is with praise. That's a kind of sharing that is very much low-hanging fruit that we so frequently undershare.

That's Leslie John. She's a professor of business at Harvard, a behavioral scientist, and an award winning researcher. She's also the author of Revealing the Underrated Power of Oversharing. Which we're discussing today. So you'll learn one. The surprising upsides to oversharing. Two

The easiest and loveliest thing to overshare? In three. Why it's a good sign when people cringe. And if you want a quick summary write up of the actual wisdom that Leslie shares, I recommend you head on over to awesomeatyourjob.com and sign up for the free gold nugget email newsletter there. I'm Pete Bakitis, this is how to be awesome at your job, and now here's Leslie. Leslie, welcome. Hi, thanks for having me.

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