80. Is a “Success Hangover” Real?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2022-01-02

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Why are great accomplishments often followed by disappointment? Is it better to win and feel bummed out than to never have won at all? And where was ping-pong invented?
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  • I remember saying to God, I swear I will never ask for another thing.

  • Now I want other things.

  • You're listening to no stupid questions, the podcast that explores the weird and wonderful ways in which humans behave.

  • Here are your hosts, Stephen Dupner and Angela Duckworth.

  • Stephen, I have a question here from a per sunstrom from Sweden.

  • Mind if I read it to you?

  • I'd love to hear what per sunstrom from Sweden has to say.

  • I have a question.

  • Per writes loosely related to this past summer's UEFA Euro 2020.

  • Ah, the euros.

  • Can you just tell me what that is before I read you the rest?

  • It's soccer, or what the rest of the world calls football.

  • Essentially, it is the World cup for the european national teams.

  • So it's the World cup, but not for the world.

  • In some ways, it's better, because the relationships and rivalries between, let's say, Sweden and England, whatever, there's a lot, a lot of history between them.

  • So it was held this past summer, which was 2021, because in 2020, when it was supposed to be, it was postponed for Covid.

  • This makes a lot more sense then, because the question goes on.

  • Consider a situation where a team has tried, but failed to win a certain title for a long time and then suddenly manages to emerge victorious.

  • I don't know if this had something to do with exactly what played out in the UA foot tournament.

  • Well, if Per is swedish, he's not talking about his national team.