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November 14, 2024 7 mins

In this content-saturated world, we think we're connected to others but it seems we're merely connected to a version of them that isn't fully real.

In this episode, we talk about the following:

  • Research shows that connection matters in the end
  • How my rescue dog enabled a heart-to-heart meeting with a stranger
  • Robert Cialdini's research on influence; commonality is a key
  • People don't want to be impressed by what you know
  • Observations from 25 years of corporate training and development
  • The shallowness of modern goals
  • The challenge is to be more real.

Any thoughts or questions? Send me a text!

Any thoughts or questions? Send me a text!

Thanks for listening! See you again soon.

Rob

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