718 Building Human Connection in a Digital World with Dan Schawbel

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.8 • 22K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

HUMAN CONNECTION IS THE MOST POWERFUL. We have thousands of “friends” on social media. But how many people could you actually call in a time of need? Technology is becoming a larger and larger part of our life, but it’s causing us to be more isolated. We have to work hard to continue to build actual human connections. Otherwise, life has no meaning. On today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk about all the ways that technology is affecting us in the workplace with a friend who has done tons of research on the subject: Dan Schawbel. Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, Fortune 500 consultant, TV personality, keynote speaker, career and workplace expert & startup advisor. His mission in life is to support his generation from student to CEO. Dan says that we have to use technology to create more face-to-face interactions. The more people form relationships at work, the more collaborative and happy they will be. So get ready to learn how to create more connection in the workplace and in life on Episode 718. Some questions I ask: Why don’t people build better relationships at work? (13:59) What do you think every work environment should have? (18:33) What is the ideal workweek? (27:27) Why is it hard to find good people to hire? (34:14) What could you be doing better at in your company? (37:56) How do you deal with employees who are entitled? (40:37) In this episode you will learn: Why it’s important to have a good work environment (13:05) Why companies should have therapists in-house (17:25) What you should have everyone do in a meeting (19:24) Why you should hire for personality (23:17) How AI is going to affect the workplace in the future (24:05) The four things everyone is looking for in a job (29:20) The number one way to have a healthier work environment (36:29)

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0:00.0	This is episode number 718 with New York Times bestselling author, Dan Champel.
0:07.7	Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete
0:13.2	Turn Lifestyle Entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:18.7	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:24.6	Now let the class begin.
0:30.7	Steve Jobs said that technology is nothing. What's important is that you have faith in people
0:38.8	that they're basically good and smart and if you give them tools they'll do wonderful things with them.
0:45.3	Today we have an opportunity to learn how to use the digital tools to becoming more human and
0:52.0	and having deeper connection in a digital world whether it be in the work environment or personal
0:58.3	environment. We've got New York Times bestselling author, my friend Dan Champel in the house. He's a
1:04.0	partner and research director at Future Workplace and he's the founder of both millennial branding
1:11.6	and workplace trends.com. Through his companies he's conducted dozens of research studies and worked
1:18.0	with major brands including American Express GE Microsoft Virgin IBM Coca-Cola and Oracle.
1:24.5	He's interviewed over 2,000 of the world's most successful people including Warren Buffett,
1:29.9	Arnold Schwarzenegger and many many more. This is a guy that's probably had more interviews than I've
1:36.3	done with people in a lot of different fields as well. He just usually publishes them in articles
1:42.0	and not as much on audio like myself. He also hosts the five questions with Dan Champel to podcast
1:48.6	where interviews are a variety of world-class people asking them five questions in less than 15
1:54.3	minutes. In addition he's written countless articles. This guy is the King of Press. He's written
1:58.6	everywhere with Forbes Fortune Times and others that have combined generated over 15 million views.
2:06.3	And in this interview we talk about how technology can bridge the gap in relationships
2:10.8	instead of separating us like it seems to be doing today. The importance of sleep and how it can
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