Benjamin Todd
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4,140 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 28 May
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You can find an overview of some of this research in the footnotes.
Turns out, we're even bad at remembering how satisfying different experiences were.
One well-established mistake is that we often judge experiences mainly by their endings.
If you missed your flight on the last day of an enjoyable holiday, you'll probably remember the holiday as bad.
The fact that we often judge the pleasure of an experience by its ending can cause us to make some curious choices.
Professor Dan Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness This means we can't just trust our intuitions.
We need a more systematic way of working out which job is best for us.
The same research that proves how bad we are at self-reflection can help us make more informed choices.
We now have three decades of research into positive psychology, the science of happiness, as well as decades of research into motivation and job satisfaction.
We'll summarize the main lessons of this research and explain what it means for finding a fulfilling job.
Two overrated goals for a fulfilling career.
People often imagine that a dream job is well-paid and easy.
In 2015, one of the leading job rankings in the US provided by CareerCast rated jobs on the following criteria.
1.
Is it highly paid?
2.
Is it going to be highly paid in the future?
3.
Is it stressful?
And 4.
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