Benjamin Todd
speaker
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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There are some different contexts, like control, which can be good or neutral with high control and autonomy, or bad with low control and autonomy.
Power, it's good or neutral to have high power and bad to have low power.
And social support, it's good or neutral to have good social support and bad to have social isolation.
And two ways of coping.
Mindset.
It's good to reframe demands as opportunities and stress as useful, and it's bad to view demands as threats and stress as harmful to health.
And finally, altruism.
It's good or neutral to perform altruistic acts, and it's bad to focus on yourself.
This means the picture looks more like the following graph.
Having a very undemanding job is bad.
That's boring.
Having demands that exceed your abilities is bad too.
They cause harmful stress.
The sweet spot is where the demands placed on you match your abilities.
That's a fulfilling challenge.
This is a graph that plots ability on the x-axis against demands on the y-axis.
It shows anxiety increasing as demands increase, and boredom increasing as they decrease.
But there's a line showing a zone where demands and ability are evenly matched, and it's labeled the stretch zone, challenge.
Instead of seeking to avoid stress, seek out a supportive context and meaningful work, and then challenge yourself.
What should you aim for in a dream job?
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