Alain de Botton: Status Anxiety
Alain de Botton
Why leaders watch it
Explores why status worries drive behavior and unhappiness, tangentially useful for understanding employee motivation.
Alain de Botton's 2004 documentary based on his book Status Anxiety, running over two hours. It asks why people in rich societies are still unhappy, and examines how worries about success, snobbery and meritocracy drive that anxiety.
Topics: Resilience & wellbeing, Motivation & engagement
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