Everyone in marketing and sales knows what FOMO is, but what about FOBO? FOMO, of course, is Fear of Missing Out. When something is scarce, or in danger of vanishing, it becomes more desirable.

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We attend too many meetings because we're afraid to miss out. But would you rather be the person who consistently delivers? Or the one always multitasking on Zoom?

See the paradox? By trying to stop the fear of missing out, we actually feed it. FOMO comes from discontent with our own ...

As a personal finance writer who scrimped and saved for more than a year to fund a backpacking trip around the world, I know what it's like to grapple with FOMO and spending restraints.

FOBO, or Fear of a Better Option, causes anxiety and leads to indecision due to the thought that better alternatives are ...

The average person spends 4 hours and 37 minutes on their phone daily—that’s over one full day per week or six days per month ...

We’ve all heard the term FOMO before, but have you ever stopped to wonder why we fear missing out? Here, an expert explains why we get FOMO, and how we can get it under control. If you don’t ...

The concept of FOMO is widely known these days. This term for “the fear of missing out” even made it into dictionaries starting in 2013. But fewer people are familiar with a related and ...