Do you have FOPO??

You know about FOMO, but what about FOPO??

It’s important to know because ‘Fear of Other People’s Opinions,’ is an even more influential force in whether people will sign up and show up to what you offer.

If you don't know, 'FOPO' is what ‘Finding Mastery’ psychologist Michael Gervais calls the fear and stress people experience due to the concern about what others might think of them.

And naturally, this feeling can significantly impact what we choose to do, or not to do.

𝗦𝗼, 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗢𝗣𝗢 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹.

FOPO pops up and all situations, before, during and after the experiences you offer.

Like say, when someone is considering a new social sports activity.

𝘈 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱. 𝘖𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸...

𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺.

🤔 💭

My current work is looking at how motivation, ability and opportunity affect the likelihood of being involved in a sport. And why each of these 3 elements matters.

𝘜𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘖𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵.

But arguably, some doses of FOPO might be OK, if, it's put to good effect.

𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘱, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

But naturally, none of us likes to be too far out of our depth and do it badly (especially in public!) especially if we are new to it, or, coming back into it.

𝗘𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗢𝗣𝗢.

All of us have it, so it might be worth exploring it some more.

#sports #events #experiencedesign #sportexperiencedesign

𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 - 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.

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