The Joy of Joy: Understanding Freudenfreude
The Impact of Seeing Others Succeed Can Impact Our Own Happiness and Well-being
One of the things I love to do every day is cheer on my friends. I cheer them on via text, via email, on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, and I call them and cheer for them. And today, I learned a new word to describe that: freudenfreude.
Freudenfreude is a German term that refers to the joy one experiences when they see someone else succeed. The term …
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