Spotlight Effect Mastery • Lesson • Lenny Learning

This lesson helps 8th-grade students understand the 'spotlight effect'—the tendency to overestimate how much others notice our flaws—and provides actionable strategies to set 'brave goals' to overcome social anxiety.

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