3min chapter

Squiggly Careers  cover image

#315 Social Influence

Squiggly Careers

CHAPTER

The Inverted U of Personalization in Work

The idea of an inverted U which is how we feel about actually loads of things but I could apply this quite quickly to jobs. This inverted U is to do with our relationship between newness and familiarity and like the how influence affects that so potentially what this is arguing is like when you're first in a new job it can feel really hard because there's a lot There's a lot of newness and particularly where there's complexity  the more complexity there is the less likely there is to be like habits or things you can fall back on or things that feel familiarSo that can feel really really hard and you might not be enjoying thatYou could even be tempted to give up if you were

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode