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Reach out!
https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/reaching-out-more-appreciated-than-assumed/"...this new study suggests that people significantly underestimate how much other people appreciate being reached out to.
To reach this conclusion, the study’s authors conducted a series of experiments involving more than 5,900 participants. They wanted to explore how accurate people are at estimating how much others might appreciate an attempt to connect.
The researchers also found one interesting variable that affected how much a person appreciated a reach out, namely how surprising the contact was.
They found that people receiving the communication placed greater emphasis on the surprise element, and this heightened focus on surprise was in turn associated with higher appreciation..."
