Outliers’ KFS … find a satisfying job

This is one of several posts extracting some key points from the book Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, 2008

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Gladwell’s Observation

The ingredients to a satisfying job:

Autonomy … “a long leash”, “room to roam”

Complexity … varied experiences, sufficiently challenging

[Meritocracy] … strong connection between effort and reward

The more you like your job, the more likely you are to succeed at it. [No kidding, Malcolm]

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James Says:
March 24, 2009 at 11:26 am | Reply
Also sounds like the keys to a successful relationship as well:
1) Autonomy = less nagging
2) Complexity = less drama
3) Meritocracy = recognition for doing the dishes
Chris Says:
March 24, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Reply
James – you should WANT to do the dishes…
Laj Says:
March 25, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Reply
Gladwell probably got this from Mihaly Cziksentmihalyi and his theory of “flow”. While I have some sympathy for this research, I’m not sure it’s empirically useful. It doesn’t tell you anything that you can use to make dull work more interesting as far as I know – all it tells you is that you enjoy what you enjoy.

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