Finding Meaningful Work is Harder Than You Think | Dr. Tessa West

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Tessa West shares the complexities of careers, personal identity, and the psychology that underlies professional success. Dr. Tessa West, a leading expert on social relationships and Professor of Psychology at NYU, discusses her extensive research on the physiological differences between experts and novices, the hidden struggles of career transitions, and the dilemma of finding meaningful work without over-identifying with one's job.

Some highlights we explore:

Understand that practice, not just knowledge, shifts you from a state of threat to a state of challenge.
Recognize the importance of meaningful social connections over quick fixes for career growth.
The dilemma of finding meaningful work without over-identifying with your job
Practical advice on effective job applications and networking
Embrace the messiness of career transitions as a necessary part of achieving success.
And more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Some of the first work I did as a social psychologist is studying people who are experts at things
0:05.4	and what their bodies look like when they're doing the thing that they're good at.
0:09.5	Down to a biological level, the people who have practiced, who are good at the thing,
0:15.0	show a state of challenge physiologically when they're doing it.
0:18.6	The people who haven't done that show a state of threat.
0:22.0	And so the only way to get into that state of challenge is by practice. You cannot intellectualize
0:28.1	it. Your body will not align with what you need it physiologically for you to be good at it unless you
0:34.3	practice. And I'm talking about the below the neck, blood pressure, heart rate,
0:39.4	you know, sympathetic arousal.
0:41.4	Those systems only respond the way you need them to when you have practiced.
0:45.6	And there's no way of outsmarting that.
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1:41.0	Now, again, you know that I am not a doctor, and this is not medical advice,
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