When are determination, loyalty, persistence not virtues? When you're deploying them in a no-win situation. There are more landmines like this than you might think in your career landscape. In today's episode, you'll learn how behavioral economics is keeping you stuck in situations that are aging like milk. Know when having grit is worth the payoff and when it's wasting your time.

1. The more time, money or effort you invest, the more you feel responsible for achieving success, and the less likely you are to abandon what's not working.
2. When you feel like you should keep trying, also consider the cost of a missed opportunity. What didn’t you do, explore, discover because you’re pouring resources down the drain? What did you put at risk in terms of your stress level? Your health, your well being?
3. Make sure that your expectations are realistic and clearly communicated
4. Don't get so emotionally invested that you can't walk away. Think about milestones and success measures and have a plan for what happens if they aren't met.
5. Ask "what's the best that could happen?" Then decide if that answer is good enough.

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In this crossover episode, you'll hear the conversation we had on Architects as Healers: Buildings as Medicine with Martin Prince-Parrott about his new book Urban Healthonomics. You'll learn practical strategies to build for health, well being and economic vitality.

1. The economics of sustainable healthy cities in an interconnected web of downstream (consumer) and upstream (policies/incentives).
2. Look at change from multiple viewpoints: citizen, architect, engineer, developer, policy maker, stakeolder
3. There are tangential economic impacts to poor air quality urban heat islands, water pollution, and social isolation. Addressing them requires forging uncommon public and private partnerships.
4. Cities are multi-generational
5. Preventing despair is our imperative. In hope, we believe solutions are possible and work towards them.

CONTACT MARTIN:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-prince-parrott-founder-sci-fi-infrastructure-builder/

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The story of non-profit MakeGood was forged in architect Noam Platt's desire to help people with disabilities. Whether you also have a passion for assistive technology or some other cause lights you up, you don't have to wait for a project to have an impact. Learn why he thinks architects are uniquely qualified (and called) to lead positive change in the community and how to get started.

1. Assistive technology is an emerging field that needs the creative thinking and problem solving skills of architects and designers. Finding areas like this and lending your expertise to them can have a lasting impact on your community.
2. When you advocate and for something that helps people, you're not worried about asking for help or support. Embarrassment or making mistakes pale in comparison to getting something accomplished.
3. You can't unsee problems especially if you know you have the ability to help solve them. One hour of your expert time is worth more than 20 hours of a non-experts time. Start by volunteering and building your network.
4. The experience you get volunteering is experience you won't get working at a firm. That experience can be brought back to better inform projects at your firm.

CONTACT NOAM:

https://makegood.design/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noam-platt-92085344/

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