From the course: Creating Personal Connections
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Share more of yourself
From the course: Creating Personal Connections
Share more of yourself
- The great 19th century psychologist, William James, said, we are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface, but connected in the deep. That's a point to remember, despite peoples' surface level differences, we can connect in deeper ways. Hopes, passions, dealing with challenges, chasing dreams. More recently it's also been shown that connecting deeper is a way to connect faster. How can you do that? By a certain way of sharing more of yourself. We'll break it down into two parts. First, I want you to understand some surprising research insights. Because in the second part you'll put your own spin on it. You should know about the famous and fascinating research started by Arthur Aron. And he was looking for ways to accelerate a mutual sense of interpersonal closeness between two people. So you see, this ties to creating connections. It's been nicknamed the fast friends research. Because remarkably, after having pairs of strangers talk briefly, they felt as close as others…
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