Putting Boredom to Work
Sep 09, 2022
4 minutes
by KATHERINE CONNOLLY BADEN, BORIS GROYSBERG and HEATHER POCO
Photograph by
THOMAS BARWICK
DO YOU OFTEN FEEL BORED AT work or in life? Do you want to feel less bored? If so, what can you do to make that happen? Boredom has a bad rap, but is it really so bad?
During the last year, we polled hundreds of people, asking them how quickly they tend to get bored at a new job. On average, it takes six months for people to begin feeling bored. The answers, though, range from two weeks to never, signaling a high level of personal variability when it comes to boredom.
Although a precise definition of boredom
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