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Speaker 1: share strategies for thriving in the new world of work,
Speaker 1: where their location and hours are more flexible than in
Speaker 1: the past. Today's tip is to never eat lunch alone,
Speaker 1: even if you're not physically in an office. Lunchtime can
Speaker 1: and should be social time, regardless of the circumstances, and
Speaker 1: even if you have to get a little bit creative
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Speaker 1: to never eat alone before. Keith Ferazzi, for instance, he
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Speaker 1: Relationships and professional Success. We all know that networking is
Speaker 1: vital to our career growth, and we also know that
Speaker 1: relaxed interactions like lunch help build authentic relationships. What's new
Speaker 1: now is that many people are working remotely for the
Speaker 1: first time, as the world engages in social distancing measures
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Speaker 1: from home, even in normal times, it can be tempting
Speaker 1: to embrace your freedom and flexibility and to avoid scheduled commitments.
Speaker 1: If you're in charge of your own schedule, you may
Speaker 1: not want to stop for lunch until you're hungry, and
Speaker 1: there may be some wisdom in that which will discuss
Speaker 1: in other episodes. Or to be honest, maybe you're sitting
Speaker 1: there and sweatpants and don't feel like needing to shower
Speaker 1: by a certain time. Having lunch with a companion then
Speaker 1: seems to disrupt your efficiency, and perhaps it does, but
Speaker 1: that's true. If you're a workplace too, you may have
Speaker 1: to stop your work when you're in a state of
Speaker 1: flow to go to scheduled lunch date. So be it.
Speaker 1: What's gained in relationships will probably make up for what's
Speaker 1: lost in efficiency. For those of us who work at home,
Speaker 1: whether by choice or necessity, more intentionality is required for
Speaker 1: developing and maintaining relationships. Lunch dates can be a key
Speaker 1: part of fostering our professional relationships, since we don't cross
Speaker 1: paths with each other as much as in office workers do.
Speaker 1: When social distancing is over, it will be great to
Speaker 1: do these dates in person. Right now, virtual lunch dates
Speaker 1: are a great substitute. Here's how this works. Make yourself
Speaker 1: lunch and then log on to a video call for
Speaker 1: conversation with a professional colleague or friend. If you haven't
Speaker 1: done this before, you may be surprised at how much
Speaker 1: real connection can happen and how much you'll enjoy it. Yes,
Speaker 1: it's a little weird to eat on a video call,
Speaker 1: but you watch people eat when you're in a restaurant too,
Speaker 1: you'll figure out how to avoid doing anything uncouth. You
Speaker 1: can schedule these lunch dates or text one of your
Speaker 1: colleagues last minute to join you, just like you would
Speaker 1: in person. Lunch dates can happen with people in your
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Speaker 1: are home right now, you can have lunch with them.
Speaker 1: Not just grab and ghost sandwiches that everybody eats in
Speaker 1: front of their own screens, but lunch on a plate
Speaker 1: at a table, talking with each other. Enjoy the opportunity
Speaker 1: to share a meal together in the middle of the day.
Speaker 1: Someday this will all be over and family lunches on
Speaker 1: a Tuesday will be a lot harder to pull off,
Speaker 1: So embrace it now. If you commit to never eating
Speaker 1: lunch alone, even if it means having virtual lunch dates,
Speaker 1: let me know how it goes. You can reach me
Speaker 1: at Laura at Laura vander Kim dot com. In the meantime,
Speaker 1: this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's the succeeding
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