Simon Sinek

It's because we like that everybody knows.

And there's data on this that when you wear your fancy stuff and you put it on and it makes you feel good, you actually get bursts of serotonin because it makes you feel proud and your higher status in the community and all of that.

That's what conspicuous displays of wealth do.

Makes us feel good.

We also know that when you wear a fake, everybody may think that you got that Chanel bag, but you actually get no serotonin.

So if you have a fake, you actually don't get the feeling of, I'm the... Right?

Because you didn't earn it.

Because it's not real.

It's not the real thing.

So...

I wonder if it seems like, it seems to make sense that when you have a fake promotion for the title to show your friends, that though your friends may be impressed because they're looking at the logo, that you actually know that it's fake, so you actually don't get a feeling of self-confidence, and I think that this is good.

And in other words, there's no growth that comes from it.

In fact, it might do the opposite.

It might make you insecure.

Wow.

Right?

We know this from kids who get medals who come in last, right?

Which is,

great, you gave them a medal.

They know they didn't deserve it.