October 2021
Beginner
240 pages
5h 2m
English
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Chapter 8Love and Worth for Another
Only connect!
—E.M. Forster
The second path to elevate the human experience is the path of learning to love and recognize worth in another. The other can be a boss, a peer, a team member as much as the other can be a parent, lover, friend, child. The other can be one for whom we are deeply intertwined in the fabric of life, or someone for whom we have a brief but meaningful connection. One of the best connections is simply exchanging a smile with a stranger.
The key word, of course, is connection. In our survey, 88% of respondents said they wanted a human connection at work, whether it was with their boss, peers, or teams. The desire for human connection and vulnerability in the workplace in most instances is clear. There are, of course, exceptions. Most of us care more about the competence of the pilot flying our plane or the surgeon cutting us open than we might do about creating a meaningful connection with either of them. And there are times, as my friends have reminded me, when we really do just “do what needs to be done” to get through a day at work.
How we go about creating the kinds of connection that elevates the human experience for another is the challenge we will explore in this section. E.M. Forster exhorts us to “only connect.” He does not qualify it by saying only connect with people in our private lives, or people we have known for a long time, or people who are like us. When we connect, we find meaning.
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