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The video uses a counter-intuitive psychological insight that challenges common assumptions about workplace toxicity, which naturally encourages viewers to watch until the end to understand the reasoning.

Summary

The speaker discusses a research study involving police officers that found ambivalent relationships are more mentally draining and detrimental to workplace happiness than toxic ones. She explains that being unsure about a colleague's feelings toward you is more stressful than having a clear, negative relationship.

Structure

1Introduction to the police research study
2Explanation of the ranking methodology
3The surprising finding about ambivalent vs. toxic ties
4The psychological impact of uncertainty in relationships

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THERE'S A RESEARCH STUDY Police research found this... POLICE OFFICERS, WANTED TO KNOW WHAT MAKES FOR A THRIVING WORKPLACE. SO THEY ASKED POLICE OFFICERS TO RANK THE PEOPLE IN THEIR PRECINCT. AND THEY FOUND THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAD THE MOST AMBIVALENT TIES WERE MORE UNHAPPY HAD LESS WORK LIFE BALANCE, WORKPLACE STRESS, MORE THAN THE PEOPLE TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO SAID ALL TEN OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE TOXIC, WERE HAPPIER AT WORK. THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO SAID, I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THAT PERSON AND THAT PERSON. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PERSON LIKES ME. IF I WANNA WITH THAT PERSON AGAIN. I KIND OF WOULD RATHER BE ALONE. BECAUSE IT IS SO MENTALLY DRAINING AMBIVALENT RELATIONSHIPS.

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There's a research study. Police research found this... Police officers, and they wanted to know what makes for a thriving workplace. So they asked police officers to rank the people in their precinct. And they found that the police officers who had the most ambivalent ties were more unhappy in their job, had less work-life balance, had more workplace stress, more than the people with toxic relationships. In other words, the police officers who said all ten of those people are toxic were happier at work than the police officers who said, I don't know if I like that person and that person. I don't know if that person likes me. I don't know if I want to go out to lunch with that person again. I kind of would rather be alone, because it is so mentally draining to have ambivalent relationships.