Emotional Labor
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Mixergy
the Knowledge Project
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…”
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, …”