Why Hating Your Job Might Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You (Alison Fragale)

Why Hating Your Job Might Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to You (Alison Fragale)

March 6, 2026 · 34 min

About this episode

Alison Fragale discusses how hating your job can lead to unexpected personal and professional growth.

The best job is one you love. The second best? One you hate. Organizational psychologist Alison Fragale learned this the hard way — trading a McKinsey consulting career she couldn't stand for a Stanford PhD and a calling she never would have found otherwise. A professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School and author of the bestseller Likeable Badass, Fragale grew up in Pittsburgh shaped by a father who made sure his daughter never had to think twice about what she put in the grocery cart. T...

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