238 - How to Fix Dissatisfaction at Work: A Conversation with Adam Grant

Savvy Psychologist

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Education, Science, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Disgruntlement isn’t limited to postal workers. We’ve all felt disillusioned or dissatisfied at work at one time or another. Luckily, there are ways to fix it (besides fantasizing about quitting in a blaze of glory). This week, the Savvy Psychologist talks with bestselling author and organizational psychologist Adam Grant about how to spark a turnaround. Read the full transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/mental-health/how-to-fix-dissatisfaction-at-work-a-conversation-with-adam-grant Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW SAVVY PSYCHOLOGIST Order Ellen's book HOW TO BE YOURSELF: https://us.macmillan.com/howtobeyourself/ellenhendriksen/9781250161703/ On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/savvypsychologist On Twitter: https://twitter.com/qdtsavvypsych Download free, science-backed resources to fight social anxiety: http://EllenHendriksen.com

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0:00.0	Welcome back to savvy psychologist. I'm Dr. Ellen Hendrickson and I'll help you meet life's challenges
0:10.0	with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.
0:14.9	Every single one of us has felt disillusioned at work at one time or another.
0:19.7	But sometimes that disillusionment drags on and on slouching towards who knows Sometimes that
0:24.0	disillusionment drags on and on slouching towards who knows where.
0:26.0	And according to a worldwide Gallup poll,
0:28.0	only 15% of the world's 1 billion full-time workers
0:32.0	feel engaged at work. And that means a whopping 85% of us are
0:37.0	disengaged, disgruntled, or dissatisfied. So how to turn this around? Well, who better to ask than organizational psychologist extraordinary
0:45.8	extraordinaire Adam Grant? Adam is an expert on how we can find motivation and meaning and
0:51.6	lead more generous and creative lives.
0:54.0	As a popular Ted Speaker and the New York Times best-selling author of three books that have
0:58.5	sold over a million copies, he's helped Google, the NBA, and the US Army improve life at work.
1:05.0	Adam has been Wharton's top-rated professor for six straight years
1:08.0	and has been recognized as one of Fortune's 40 under 40
1:12.0	and the world's 10 most influential management
1:14.9	thinkers. He is also a former magician and junior Olympic Springwood diver.
1:19.1	As if that weren't enough, Adam recently started the second season of his excellent podcast, Work Life, and I'm delighted to talk to him today.
1:27.5	So Adam Grant, welcome to the show.
1:30.0	Thanks, Ellen. Happy to be here.
1:31.5	Yay, and I love how you describe your career,
1:34.7	which is, as you say on the podcast, studying
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