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. Neuroscience experiments by my lab show that when people intentionally build social ties at work, their performance improves. A Google study similarly found that managers who “express interest in and concern for team members’ success and personal well-being” outperform others in the quality and quantity of their work.
Paul J. Zak • The Neuroscience of Trust
Regular attendance at a house of worship is the most accurate predictor of altruism,
Jonathan Sacks • Studies in Spirituality (Covenant & Conversation Book 9)
When Amabile analyzed 12,000 diary entries of employees from a variety of industries, she found that 76% of people reported that their best days involved making progress toward goals.
Paul J. Zak • The Neuroscience of Trust
“If I wanted to predict your happiness, and I could know only one thing about you, I wouldn’t want to know your gender, religion, health, or income. I’d want to know about your social network—about your friends and family, and the strength of your bonds with them.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn • Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness
the quality of our lives and the health of our society depends, to a large degree, on how well we treat each other in the minute interactions of daily life.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
used to create the weaker bonds that hold together the outer layers of our communities.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
We are wired to seek and sustain relationships and cannot survive without them. The future of the human race won’t turn on space travel or climate tech, but on our ability to attach to others. A sense that we matter, that we can call on and be called upon by others to ease burdens and celebrate joy.
Scott Galloway • Mammal.ai
