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title: The Spillover Effect
created: 2025-12-30T09:26:38
modified: 2025-12-30T18:51:05
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> _“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.” — Colin Powell_

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[@ogulmusSocialContagionChallengeseeking2024]

[Observing challenge-seeking in others increased the probability of participants choosing more challenging options. These results indicate that our motivation to seek challenges may be instilled, in part, through social processes.](https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001620)

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[Performance is contagious: sitting near a high performer can make you better at your job—your productivity rises. But sit near a low performer, and it can just as easily plummet.](https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/sitting-near-a-high-performer-can-make-you-better-at-your-job)