How to lose like a champion

Let's talk winning and losing psychology, including body language, power posing, almost losing, almost winning, BIRGing, CORFing, and how to be a great loser.

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Further Reading:

• The spontaneous expression of pride and shame: Evidence for biologically innate nonverbal displays by Tracy and Matsumoto (2008)
• Power Posing: Brief nonverbal displays affect neuroendocrine levels and risk tolerance by Carney, Cuddy, and Yap (2010)
• P-curving a more comprehensive body of research on postural feedback reveals clear evidential value for power-posing effects by Cuddy, Schultz, and Fosse (2018)
• Can losing lead to winning? by Berger and Pope(2011)
• Without my medal on my mind: counterfactual thinking and other determinants of athlete emotions by Kudrna, Kavetsos, Foy, and Dolan (2016)
• Basking in reflected glory: Three (football) field studies by Cialdini et. al (1976)
• The development of Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRG) and Cutting off Reflected Failure (CORF) measures by Spinda (2011)
• The effects of the win/loss record on cohesion by Boone, Beitel, and Kuhlman (1997)

Produced by Scarlet Moon Things
Music by Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy, and Richard Kimmings