Worklife with Adam Grant

Faking Your Emotions at Work

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Apr 4, 2018
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ANECDOTE

Stephanie's Record Call

  • Stephanie Van Hasselt set a record for the longest customer call at Zappos, lasting 11 hours.
  • She turned a routine service call into a positive, personal connection with the customer through genuine conversation.
INSIGHT

The Cost of Surface Acting

  • Surface acting, or faking emotions, leads to emotional drain and stress when done repeatedly.
  • This inauthenticity at work depletes energy and impairs wellbeing more than the job's other demands.
ADVICE

Use Deep Acting

  • Use deep acting by trying to feel the emotions you need to display rather than faking them.
  • Feeling the emotion naturally reduces emotional costs and improves how you come across to others.
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