When the boss isn’t consistent, people can’t do their best.
From the smart Lucy Kellaway
The researchers conducted a series of experiments in which they divided students into three groups and gave them all a job to do. The first group was subjected to constant compliments; the second to constant abuse and the third to a mix of the two. The first group wasn’t stressed at all; the second was mildly so, while the third — the group that didn’t know if they were going to get sticks or carrots — was by far the most stressed and least happy........................................
Predictability matters at work not just in relation to your boss — but to almost everything. People claim they love jobs in which every day is different, but there is little evidence to back this up. Instead, studies in the US have shown that workers with unpredictable hours are more stressed and less happy than those who keep a regular timetable.
If I think of my peers, I would probably tell you that I love working with people who surprise me. But that isn’t true. I like working with people who interest me, but who do not surprise me at all.
It's clear that boring wins over exciting and predictable & stable endure for centuries (Communism & Christ). I listen to people that say that they love their job because it's different every day. The fact is that most people prefer stable & predictable.
Mathmatics & Software is boring and predictable and it's going to win over the unpredictable human mind.
I think the best job is when you have a big goal and all the team works hard to achieve it.
I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.
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