• Listening is one of the most important but hardest skills to achieve. The stuff we want to say, our ego, and impatience get in the way of being a good listener.
• A simple trick to be an effective listener is to focus on listening actively with the intention to summ...

People who are socially connected to their loved ones, friends and society are healthier, happier and live longer than the people who are lonely. The isolated people turn toxic, with their health and brain functions declining at an earlier stage of life.

• We all have a biological need to connect, an ability and desire to share our emotions with those around us. This is known as Limbic Resonance.
• Our connection with the other deeply impacts our emotional and physical health, as we synchronize with the other.

A Harvard Study of Adult Development followed and documented a large number of people over their entire lifetimes, and after 75 years, the researchers came to a conclusion that good relationships are a primary cause of health and happiness, significantly more than wealth, fame or working ...

When opening the door for someone, we have to understand the need and the timing of the activity.

• Experiments done on babies in the 13th century illustrated that they would die if deprived of the human connection.
• Divorce rates are higher among couples not able to engage, resonate or respond to the others' need to connect.