Sunday Pick: The secret to success isn’t power – it’s status
TED Talks Daily
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4.1 • 11.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. Many people believe that success depends on gaining power, but it turns out that status is a more sustainable path to accomplishment and impact. In this episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective, Adam is joined by Survivor star Parvati Shallow, organizational psychologist and author Alison Fragale, and Chynna Clayton — former special assistant to Michelle Obama — to break down the best strategies for gaining and maintaining status at work, building stronger relationships, and getting promoted. Available transcripts for WorkLife can be found at go.ted.com/WLtranscripts
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective. Head Talk Daily listeners, I'm Elise Hugh. |
| 0:12.8 | Today we have an episode of another podcast |
| 0:15.5 | from the TED Audio Collective, hand-picked by us for you. |
| 0:19.8 | It's easy to feel powerless at work sometimes, |
| 0:22.2 | especially if you're not in a position of leadership. |
| 0:25.0 | But there's a way to gain influence, and it's not just about getting promoted. |
| 0:29.9 | This week we're breaking down the importance of status in an episode of work life with Adam Grant. |
| 0:35.4 | You'll hear how you can get and maintain status at work with the help of expert organizational |
| 0:40.6 | psychologists and reality TV star Parvati Shallow who used her own status |
| 0:46.5 | to win a million dollars on Survivor. |
| 0:50.7 | And if you want to learn other ways to work smarter, you're in luck. |
| 0:54.0 | Work life is back with new episodes. |
| 0:55.8 | You can find worklife with Adam Grant wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:59.7 | Learn more about the Ted Audio Collective at Audio Collective. TED.com. |
| 1:04.0 | Now on to the episode right after a quick break. |
| 1:10.0 | We go 3-2-1, ready? |
| 1:11.0 | 3, 2, 1, go. It's Wednesday night. We go three to one. |
| 1:13.0 | It's Wednesday night survivor time. |
| 1:16.0 | Watching survivor time |
| 1:19.0 | watching survivor is a family tradition. |
| 1:21.0 | We love to analyze the social dynamics of the game and try to |
| 1:24.5 | figure out who will gain status and who will get voted off the island. The |
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