Amit Kumar
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301 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 29 Jun
Amit Kumar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he realized that he had never said that to his mom before.
And his mother's response started with four words back, I love you too.
Imagine sort of hearing that from your mom after the first time that you told her that.
That's a particularly powerful example, of course, but it's actually not an unusual reaction.
So we've done this with, you know, lots and lots of participants at this point.
And I've had participants in our studies and in my class kind of write to me telling me that they were ecstatic, that they were blown away.
bubbling over with joy after receiving a letter of appreciation.
That's not the usual type of comment that a researcher gets in the open-ended feedback when they're asking someone to complete a questionnaire.
I'd say that I probably have started expressing gratitude more often in my day-to-day life as a result of conducting this research.
All of this work is just an attempt to get a better understanding of our everyday lives and how they might be improved.
What makes us more likely to express gratitude?
Well, we know that people are more likely to do something if it's top of mind, if we can think about a clear way to get it done.
One thing that I do is I just have cards on hand.
It's an easy reminder to me, more than like the stationery itself.
It's just, oh yeah, I could express gratitude to somebody else.
Why not go ahead and do it?
The research, of course, suggests that people are more impacted by these expressions than we expect.
So I was waiting at the gate.
I happened to be sitting next to a woman who was clearly getting frustrated with something on her phone.
She tried asking a couple of folks nearby for help in Spanish without much luck.
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