Recalling The Halo Effect

Fri, 29 May 2026 22:50:10 -0400

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.

Mental Models on 🦉 olshansky 🦁

Recalling The Halo Effect