Breaking Up with Your Job: Mad Men Demonstrates What Work Relationships and Romantic Relationships Have in Common by Samantha Joel of Luvze Optimal Work Daily

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Episode 1320:
Samantha Joel's exploration of the parallels between professional and romantic breakups, showcased through Peggy's dilemma in Mad Men, offers profound insights into our relationships with work. Highlighting the pivotal role of satisfaction, investment, and quality of alternatives in making such life-changing decisions, Joel's article on Luvze.com provides a unique lens to view and evaluate our own professional commitments and possible transitions.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.luvze.com/breaking-up-with-your-job-mad-men-demonstrates-what-work-rel/
Quotes to ponder:
"Research on commitment shows that the thought processes that affect these two decisions are really quite similar."
"Satisfaction represents whether or not people are getting what they need from a particular relationship."
"The three factors that best predict commitment to a romantic partner-satisfaction, investment, and quality of alternatives-also prove to be useful in predicting commitment to a company."
Episode references:
University of Utah: https://www.utah.edu/
University of Toronto: https://www.utoronto.ca/
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