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How to Help Someone Feel Ready for a New Job
Short videos for the moment someone you love is nervous about day one.
How this collection works
- Who watches this
- You — the person showing up. These videos aren't for the recipient.
- When
- Before a conversation, when you're not sure what to say. Watch alone, take a beat.
- What each beat is for
- Caption orients you before watching. Takeaway is the line to hold onto. Reflection questions turn watching into a small decision.
The collection · 3 videos
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How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED
TED · 14 min
A health psychologist on why your stress response is built to make you reach for the people you love.
Takeaway
How we think about stress can change how it affects us, and the body's stress response also nudges us toward connection. Showing up for someone isn't just nice; it can genuinely help.
Reflection
01
Text the person starting the new job one specific thing you admire about how they got here — send it the night before day one, not after.
02
Decide now what your check-in cadence will be (a 'how'd it go?' text after day one, a call end of week one) and put the reminders in your calendar.
03
Name out loud, to them, that nerves before something big are a sign they care — not a sign they're not ready. Write the exact sentence you'll say.
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