Students, read the entire article, then tell us:What is the most interesting thing you learned about “freudenfreude,” the ability to find pleasure in another person’s good fortune?Be honest: How easily does being happy for others come to you? Do you often see your friends’ wins as your own? Or does their good news make you feel competitive?Do you tend to experience freudenfreude, or its opposite, schadenfreude (the pleasure we feel from witnessing someone’s misfortune), more often? Why do you think that is? Do you think you need more freudenfreude in your life?The article provides several strategies for strengthening your joy-sharing muscles, including showing an active interest in someone else’s happiness, viewing individual success as communal, sharing credit for your own victories and inviting others to share their wins.
Source: The New York Times
Some Democrats — who have eyed the tumult in House Republicans’ leadership elections and potential threats to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid with a certain degree of schadenfreude — have been glad to look like a steady hand in comparison, even as their leadership undergoes massive upheaval.
Source: POLITICO
There are few paupers at an Ironman — except for the actual professional athletes, who often work a second job to support their racing careers — and there’s no schadenfreude quite like watching a bike that costs more than a car get smushed by the automatic door at a Holiday Inn.
Source: The New York Times
So Ghana's schadenfreude will come from lasting images of crying Suarez burying his head in his jersey, likely the last time the 35-year-old wears it at a World Cup.
Source: ESPN
Over the span of an hour, they cheered and heckled one another, sneering with envy when a colleague pulled a low number and whooping with schadenfreude when someone pulled a high one.
Source: The New York Times
Knowing they’ve hurt someone else’s feelings or made other people laugh at them is what gives them gratification, and whilst schadenfreude is something we’re all guilty of, there are some people who take it to the extreme.
Source: Pocket Gamer.Biz
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