Spotlight effect
Subject in Social Sciences
Spotlight effect has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Mel Robbins Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel PinkAmerican author who led a large study on regret
Pink says people overestimate how much others think about them, a phenomenon known as the spotlight effect.
“And it's like what's in social psychology is called the spotlight effect. We think that we're constantly in the spotlight. Everybody's watching us. And they're not”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your Life (May 25, 2026) · Listen from 46:54
Podcasts
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
What Makes a Good Life? This Study on 26,000 Regrets Will Guide You for the Rest of Your LifeThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 25, 2026 · 1 h 10 min
Mel Robbins and author Daniel Pink discuss the World Regret Survey, the four core types of regret, and a three-step method for learning from regret.