Benjamin Todd
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4,140 appearances
3 recordings
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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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For both reasons, skill ultimately trumps interest.
Even if you love art, if you pursue it as a career but aren't good at it, you'll end up doing boring graphic design for companies you don't care about.
That's not to say you should only do work you're already good at, but you want the potential to get good at it.
In Chapter 8, we'll look in more detail at how to work out what you're good at.
4.
Work with supportive colleagues Obviously, if you hate your colleagues and work for a boss from hell, you're not going to be satisfied.
Since good relationships are such an important part of having a fulfilling life, it's important to be able to become friends with at least a couple of people at work, and this probably means working with at least a few people who are similar to you.
However, you don't need to become friends with everyone, or even like all of your colleagues.
Research shows that perhaps the most important factor is whether you can get help from your colleagues when you run into problems.
A major meta-analysis found social support was among the top predictors of job satisfaction, R equals 0.56.
People who are disagreeable and different from you can be the people who'll give you the most useful feedback, provided they care about your interests.
This is because they'll tell it like it is and have a different perspective.
Professor Adam Grant calls these people disagreeable givers.
When we think of dream jobs, we usually focus on the role.
But who you work with is almost as important.
A bad boss can ruin a dream position, while even boring work can be fun if done with a friend.
So when selecting a job, will you be able to make friends with some people in the workplace?
And more importantly, does the culture of the workplace make it easy to get help, get feedback, and work together?
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Work that doesn't have major negatives
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