Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "affliction of abundance" can cause big problems. Westend61 via Getty Images The concept of FOMO is widely known these days.

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I’ve known my friend David (not his real name) for over twenty years and we’ve always gotten along well. That’s probably, at least in part due to the fact that we share a lot of common interests and ...

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Jacqueline Rifkin received grant funding support for this project from the Marketing Science Institute (MSI). Barbara Kahn received funding from the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) and research ...