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FROM THE FOUNDER
Get out and meet people!
I don’t know about you all, but I am sick and tired of Google Meet and Zoom meetings. Sure it’s convenient to not have to drive or fly anywhere, but they suck the life out of me. After a solid day of online meetings, I get this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and feel like I lost the day. There is simply no replacement for face-to-face human interaction. Meeting people face-to-face builds energy, strengthens relationships, and creates new opportunities.
Mark Zweig
Let’s face it – there is a reason for the “back to the office” movement. Many people find that they can get more done, are more motivated, learn more from each other, establish better relationships with their coworkers, have more job opportunities, have more friendships, and are more creative when they get together face-to-face. Plus, most people (not all, however) are just happier when they go to the office. Work-life integration is real. But this need for physical meeting goes beyond just the office itself. It also means that one should make more of an effort to go see clients, meet people for lunch and coffees, and get out to professional or trade association meetings. Everything is better when you do. It’s no exaggeration when I say that I have as many as eight to 10 coffee meetings with people every week.
Last week, in spite of going to Los Angeles for a board meeting I could have attended via Zoom if I wanted to, I had three coffees with students – one current student, one former student, and one grad student who isn’t my student but someone I’m trying to help. I met with a job candidate for a company I’m part of, a coworker in another part of The Walton College, taught two three-hour classes face-to-face with my students, and had two one-hour guest speakers in each of my classes, one with someone I only recently met. In Los Angeles, I had two half-day physical board meetings, met for coffee with a new friend who works at a high level in a private equity firm, and had dinner with two old friends from the AEC business along with the CEO and founder of the largest independent film
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