Hi everybody.

This short segment is what we call for the good of the order.

It's something we used to do at the end of my sorority meetings, if you can believe that, where

someone would share something that they came across in the course of the week, a poem, a song

lyric, a short story, that they found enormously helpful as they went about daily life.

And I wanted to pick up the thread because I am so often wowed by something I see in the world that I want to bring back and hand off to you.

So every Friday we produce a short segment called for the good of the order.

Think of it like an audio greeting card, a thing to share with the people that you love around the country

who you don't get to see or talk to enough.

A thing to discuss with the people you do see and talk to on a more regular basis.

This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders for a tip of the hat to the great Dr Ruth. As you know, she died recently after really significantly changing the culture and her publisher is now putting out the last of her writings in a small

book called The Joy of Connections, a hundred ways to beat loneliness and live a

happier and more meaningful life.

And when I was reading about it,

I stumbled on this terrific idea that's very specific.

You know, I love a specific idea.

And this section called Create Remote Connections refers to the work of the great Adam Grant, who is at University of Pennsylvania teaching organizational psychology.

So here goes Dr. Ruth.

Even though I believe that working in person is best for combating loneliness,

please know that I am not saying you're facing a lifetime of doom and gloom

if you work remotely. There are many ways you can strengthen connections

with coworkers, even with individuals whom you have little chance of ever

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