Summary: Connectable By Ryan Jenkins
You don’t necessarily need research to tell you that connecting with others is a well-being booster, because you’ve likely experienced a lifted spirit after conversing …
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Summary: The Business of Friendship By Shasta Nelson
The Three Relationship Requirements In comparing the various factors that social scientists are studying when they look at how we create bonds, whom we confide …
Summary: Better You, Better Friends By Glenda D. Shaw
When Is a Friend a Friend? Here are four levels of friendship: Essential friends are close buddies and confidantes, who share many connectors and keep …
Summary: Radical Friendship By Kate Johnson
Give What Is Hard to Give WHEN THE BUDDHA took on new students, the very first practice he taught—before he taught meditation—was the practice of …
Summary: The Power of Nunchi By Euny Hong
What Is Nunchi? Let’s imagine you have just started a new job at a big company, and you’re invited to a party where you want …
Summary: Your Hidden Superpower By Adrienne Bankert
The Ask: Kindness 2.0 There is an unbeatable superpower inside every one of us that is far greater than talent or tenacity. It supersedes strength …
Summary: It’s Not Just Who You Know By Tommy Spaulding
Relationship Economics If relationships are so important that even seemingly random meetings offer huge potential, why are so many of us—and, thus, so many organizations—so …
Summary: Frientimacy By Shasta Nelson
Acknowledging Our Intimacy Gaps Though many of us have friends and friendships we care about, we don’t necessarily feel the depth of intimacy we’d like …
Summary: The Art of Showing Up By Rachel Wilkerson Miller
Getting to Know Yourself Knowing yourself is also at the heart of showing up for other people. At a basic level, if you aren’t self-aware, …
Summary: The Lost Art of Connecting By Susan McPherson
BUT I DON’T KNOW ANYONE! Even if you’re just starting out in a new job, a new city, or a new industry, you know far …