Benjamin Todd
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4,140 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 28 May
Benjamin Todd’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This is because they're more likely to tell it like it is,
Organizational psychology professor Adam Grant calls these people disagreeable givers.
When we think about dream jobs, we usually focus on the role, but who you work with is just as important.
A bad boss can ruin a dream position, while even boring work can be fun if done with a friend.
This is another way in which context beats content.
Five, work that isn't actively unpleasant.
Landing your dream job isn't only about securing these positive factors.
You also need to try to avoid forces that make work actively unpleasant.
In the research we surveyed, each of the following were linked to job dissatisfaction.
A long commute, very long hours, pay you feel is unfair, and job insecurity.
For example, one survey of over 60,000 people found that long commutes were associated with lower life satisfaction.
The worst effects were associated with journey times lasting between 61 and 90 minutes.
And the worst mode of transport was buses, which as a Londoner makes perfect sense to me.
Long hours can be handled when they are part of a time-bounded, meaningful challenge, but excessive and persistent long hours crowd out other parts of your life.
Likewise, even if pay is only weakly correlated to happiness, the sense that you're being compensated unfairly compared to your peers is another matter.
If your job is in the wrong city, that's going to hurt your relationships.
And satisfaction with location is a significant driver of life satisfaction.
Likewise, look out for other major conflicts between your job and what you value in the rest of your life.
Although these sound obvious, people often overlook them.
The negative consequences of a terrible commute can be enough to outweigh many other positive factors.
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