Ostrich effect

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Behavioral tendency to avoid uncomfortable information

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Tori DunlapWe Can Do Hard Things · (BEST OF) The Financial Advice We Never Get | Tori Dunlap · 7:14 · 13 Aug
…So the first example you gave is what we call the ostrich effect, which is burying our head in the sand, acting like our problems don't exist and expecting our money to just magically get better because we're so terrified to look at it.…
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Jonathan FieldsGood Life Project · How to Finally Have the Talk You've Been Avoiding | Jonathan... · 21:45 · 25 May
…Behavior economists, they have a name for the pattern of avoiding information or conversations that might produce discomfort, the ostrich effect.…
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