Developer Tea

← Developer Tea5 sept · 16 min

You Don't Learn Helplessness - You Learn Control

You Don't Learn Helplessness - You Learn Control5 sept16 min

A 1967 study gave us the concept of learned helplessness — but the same researchers later reversed it. Passivity is our default state; control is what we learn. In this episode, I unpack what that neuroscience means for how you face hard things in your career, and why the action you take doesn't have to match the size of your problem.