Rohan is the author of one of my favorite blogs from the past year - a learning a day.
He recently posted a short note on People, sameness, and our projections:
We project a lot onto success — wisdom, contentment, confidence.
But it is worth reminding ourselves that those are exactly that -> our projections.
It reminded me of a phenomenon I learnt a little while ago: The Halo Effect.
The tendency for positive impressions of a person, company, country, brand, or product in one area to positively influence one’s opinion or feelings of a person, company, country, brand, or product in another area.
The human mind remains a peculiar puzzle though. Knowing it, seeing it, observing it, I still find myself susceptible to it.