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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the new corner office, the podcast where we share strategies for thriving

in the new world of work, or location, and hours. I'm more flexible than in the past.

Today's tip is to turn your work acquaintances into better work, friends.

Work feels a lot more fun when we feel genuinely close to another person or two.

While making great friends involves some luck, a lot of it is more effort than anything else.

I'm taking today's tip from Shasta Nelson's new book, The Business of Friendship.

When I talk to Shasta a few weeks ago, she shared some research finding that people are far

more likely to feel engaged with their work when they feel that they have a best friend at the office.

Now, I will admit that this sounds a little silly. Best friend?

Aren't BFFs the part of fifth grade that we're maybe not so into anymore?

But it turns out to be true. And why not? If there is someone we genuinely want to spend time

with at work, then spending time at work doesn't feel draining. It feels good. We want to be at work.

And that makes us feel more motivated. And this doesn't really change when people work

virtually. If you had a best friend at work prior to going virtual due to the pandemic,

you just have to be more intentional about scheduling conversations.

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