Matenda otopa ndi matenda ovuta chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito kwambiri. Zizindikiro zake ndizosokoneza tulo, ulesi, mphwayi, kuchepa kwamalingaliro, kusanduka nkhanza, kuchepa kwa chitetezo chokwanira. Chithandizo cha matenda otopa ndi njira yayitali, yogwirizana, choyambirira, ndikutuluka kwa wodwalayo pantchito.
Komabe, asayansi ochokera ku Oxford apeza njira yoletsera kukula kwake koyambirira mothandizidwa ndi, modabwitsa, ntchito yantchito. Anthu omwe ali ndi magawo oyamba a matenda otopa adalangizidwa kuti azichita zilizonse zolimbitsa thupi kapena zamaganizidwe zosagwirizana ndi ntchito yawo yayikulu: kulima dimba, makina amgalimoto, kuvina, kuphunzira chilankhulo - chilichonse chomwe timayika ngati chizolowezi. Zochita izi, kafukufukuyu adawonetsa, zidawonjezera mawu onse a omwe atenga nawo mbali, zimawathandiza kukhala ndi malingaliro abwino m'moyo ndikusintha moyo wawo. Ndipo kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kunathandiza kuthetsa mavuto ogona.
Chithandizo chantchito chawonetsedwa kuti chithandizire anthu ambiri kutopa, kukhumudwa, kugona tulo masana, kufooka kwa chitetezo chamthupi, kupweteka kwa minofu, hypoxia, komanso kusowa chidwi. Ophunzirawo adagwira ntchito ndi alangizi ophunzitsidwa mwapadera, komabe, malinga ndi akatswiri, chodziwika bwino cha chithandizo pantchito ndikuti munthu aliyense atha kusintha mwa njira yodziyimira payokha ndipo m'badwo uliwonse atengeke ndi bizinesi yosadziwika kapena chizolowezi.