522 - The Importance of Community
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we look at why community is incredible valuable for your personal growth.
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Notable Quote
"Across many studies of mammals, from the smallest rodents all the way to us humans, the data suggests that we are profoundly shaped by our social environment and that we suffer greatly when our social bonds are threatened or severed. When this happens in childhood it can lead to long-term health and educational problems. We may not like the fact that we are wired such that our well-being depends on our connections with others, but the facts are the facts."
- Matthew Lieberman, Author of Social
3 Reasons
- Sense of purpose
We want to be needed and relied on. We want to mean something to someone.
- Sense of acceptance
We want to feel validated as the people we are. A social circle proves that we aren't the "weird" kid.
- Sense of support
We want to feel that, should we ever need it, someone has our back. Even if we don't want to rely on that.
How to Build Your Community
- Find groups and communities around your interests
- Be open and willing to share pieces of yourself
- Have an opinion
Resources:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-we-are-wired-to-connect/
https://www.amazon.com/Social-Why-Brains-Wired-Connect/dp/0307889092
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode we talk about the importance of community. |
| 0:04.4 | Get excited because this is tiny leaps. |
| 0:08.6 | Big change. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, Big Changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 0:25.4 | My name is Greg Klunis and in this episode we're talking about why community matters, |
| 0:31.3 | why our social circle matters. |
| 0:34.2 | And it's shockingly a much more important thing |
| 0:38.2 | than I've even realized up to this point. |
| 0:41.7 | Now, I consider myself an introvert. I love time alone. I love sort of |
| 0:47.1 | and need that time away to recharge. But even for us introverts, for those of you who are in the club, we need those social |
| 0:57.6 | circles, we need that community, and in this episode I want to share exactly why, or at least my thoughts on why it is that our community is so valuable, |
| 1:07.7 | especially during a time like we are currently in where COVID-19 is circulating all over the world and we are all sort of socially distance. |
| 1:17.6 | That can very quickly become social isolation and that is not the outcome that we want. |
| 1:22.8 | So hopefully this episode will inspire you to reconnect with the community around you |
| 1:27.6 | and the community that we have here at Tiny Leaps. |
| 1:32.0 | Now before we jump into the episode, let's look at today's sponsor. |
| 1:36.7 | It's hard to find the time to sit down to read and learn more, and when you don't have free time, |
| 1:41.8 | you can't read or work on personal development. |
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