S02E14 The Create Opportunities to Connect Episode

Check-In Question:

• What are you attached to?

Big Ideas:

• How does our attachment related to our happiness?
• Relationships have a direct relationship to our health
• What will continue to shift in our relationships as we work in virtual spaces
• Desperate for connection
• Can't escape our need for connection
• A tribe is 150 people
• Are people more afraid of connection because of the pandemic?
• 1 in 3 people around the globe says they are lonely (pre-covid)
• Social media gives us a false sense of connection
• Relying on tools for connection, but it's not true connection
• We say things online we wouldn't say in person
• Comparison of curated lives
• Prioritizing real connections with real people
• Social fitness - an ongoing practice in developing relationships
• How do we develop friendships?
• Cultural differences in how relationships are developed
• Baby steps in building relationships
• Social services as a way to meet new people
• Age not being a defining factor in a friendship
• Shifting from risk aversion to risk affinity
• Relationships take vulnerability. One person has to be the first to be vulnerable.
• Create chance and opportunity 
• Acknowledging risks and the possibilities
• The illusion of control in staying in the known, even if it's uncomfortable
• Peach versus coconut styles of friendships
• Relying on Employee Resources Groups in lonely at work
• Reaching out to people out of curiosity, without an agenda
• Letting people know that you appreciated something that they said, even if you don't know them
• Not taking it personally if people don't respond when we reach

Resources:

• Article: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-the-worlds-longest-study-of-adult-development-finds-the-key-to-happy-living

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