Emotional Labor

topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes

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3 statements about Emotional Labor, every show

Godin: Emotional labor inherently causes fear, fatigue, and desire to quit
“If you're going to run a marathon, you're going to get tired. And you shouldn't hire a coach to teach you how to run a marathon without getting tired. And if you're going to do this work of emotional labor, you're going to become afraid. You're going to get fa…”
Seth Godin Feb 23, 2021 ▶ 35:51 #105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery
Emotional labor is harder to automate than complex tasks like driving
“We like to think that, like, the things that get automated are the easy things, and the things that don't are the ones that require more education, or training, or higher level skills, but actually I think it's, it divides more, like, the more human, sort of, …”
Lauren McCarthy Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 29:17 Artist Lauren McCarthy Will Be Your Home's Brain · Y Combinator
MIXERGY Insight
Godin: Modern workers get paid for emotional rather than physical labor
“My argument is that physical labor is not so good anymore. You can't make a living, really, with physical labor. So we get paid for emotional labor. Get paid for digging deep and doing work that maybe we don't feel like.”
Seth Godin Jan 25, 2010 ▶ 20:27 #214 How To Produce Like A Linchpin By Understanding Your Lizard Brain – with Seth Godin

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