Tessa West

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191 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3 Apr

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The Last Show with David Cooper · FULL EPISODE: To the Moon and Beyond - April 2, 2026 · 3 Apr 2026 podcast

And when we develop the skills to do them when we're young, we actually kind of really develop a strength of tolerance for the uncomfortable.

I think that's really what it is that we can then pull out in the workplace.

So we're less likely to wiggle out of uncomfortable situations and kind of learn how to work through them, even if they aren't exactly the same as the ones in our romantic relationships.

Yeah, I think to dating, this is going to sound really weird, but dating involves live in real life interaction versus something that this younger generation does a lot, which is asynchronous communication, texting, slacking, you know, whatever, Instagram messaging, whatever.

When you're talking to someone in real life, you have to read their nonverbal behavior.

You have to be flexible to respond in different ways.

And you kind of can't get away with dating someone like that, at least for not too long before you have to show up and see them in person.

The modern workplace, you know, eventually you're going to have to show up in person and talk to that boss or talk to that team member or whatever.

And so I think we're forgetting that you have to learn those in-person live communication skills.

And you're doing that in real life with these dating relationships.

And I'd say it's not just dating, it's roommates, it's all kinds of complex relationships.

Those are also the skills that you're learning that you need to execute on in the workplace.

So it's not just the like uncomfortable, it's in real life, it's face-to-face, it's nonverbal behavior, all that sort of gritty stuff that really defines kind of human relationships.

They do text a lot.

They actually, this is a funny data point.

Gen Z is incredibly anxious about phone calls.

They actually, they really hate spontaneous phone calls.

So if they don't know what's coming, they really, really freak out.

And so they like to be able to think about what they're going to say next.

But they're also living in this massive uncertainty world of not actually being able to interpret what a text means.

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