Strong relationships have incredible benefits for the mind, body and spirit. Our social relationships have a major impact on our mental and physical health, as well as our overall sense of wellbeing.
Many people struggle to build strong relationships and blame things like digital technology and weakening community.
My guest argues that barriers to building strong social networks may be psychological rather than physical. He shares tips for overcoming them in his book The Laws of Connection, The Scientific Secrets of Creating a Strong Social Network. David discusses today how loneliness can occur even if you're with people, if you don't share a shared reality. We discuss ways to create that shared reality. We discuss why having enemies is bad for your health, how to overcome a "liking gap", why you may want to interrupt someone in order to connect, why it's important to know the novelty penalty when you are talking, and more.
Podcast Resources
AoM article: Why Ambivalent relationships are terrible for you (and how to deal with them)AoM podcast #949: The emotion no one likes to talk about, envyConnect with David Robson
David's websiteDavid at IGDavid at XDavid in LinkedIn
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