Staying Connected in a Time of Coronavirus

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Business, Careers

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This is a strange new reality. We're being encouraged to keep our physical distance from one another, as it's the only way we can help "flatten the curve." It's clear that we're all in this together, but as we're keeping our distance, how do we feel connected? A big part of the answer lies in sharing our stories. This week, we're checking in with four listeners around the world - including our friend Kate Burson, in Milan, Italy - to see how they're doing and how the response to COVID-19 is affecting their work and their lives.

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0:00.0	Hey you, I'm Andrew Seaman.
0:05.6	Do you want a new job or do you want to move forward in your career?
0:09.9	Well, you should listen to my weekly show called Get Hired with Andrew Seaman.
0:14.7	We talk about it all, and it's waiting for you, yes you, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:25.6	From the editorial team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel.
0:29.4	And this is Hello Monday, our show about the changing nature of work, and how that work
0:33.3	is changing us.
0:34.3	Today, I'm coming to you from my home office, my basement.
0:39.2	For the first couple of days, it was kind of fun, but it's getting really old.
0:42.8	My new studio is on the guest bed in basement, and my son keeps unplugging all of the equipment
0:47.2	and plugging it in the wrong places.
0:50.0	This new reality is really strange for a lot of us.
0:54.0	Maybe you're suddenly working at home, maybe you actually have to go to a job and feel
0:57.6	uncomfortable, leaving, or maybe things are totally normal where you are, and you're
1:02.6	looking around the rest of the world scratching your head.
1:05.0	We've been encouraged to keep our distance from each other, physically, so how we help
1:09.7	protect each other, it's important right now, but then there's this other challenge.
1:15.3	How exactly do we stay far apart from each other, but still feel connected?
1:20.6	I have to think one big way we do that is stories.
1:25.4	A lot of you have been writing to me about what things are like where you are.
1:29.2	So this episode I'm checking in with a bunch of you.
1:31.9	And to be clear, this isn't the kind of polish show you're used to.
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